Appeal No. 98-0108 Page 3
Application No. 08/598,795
The following references are relied upon by the examiner
as evidence of obviousness in support of his rejection under
35 U.S.C. § 103:
Kegley 4,985,961 Jan. 22, 1991
Vom Braucke et al. 5,299,816 Apr. 5, 1994
(Vom Braucke)
Kazmerchek et al. Des. 363,590 Oct. 24, 1995
(Kazmerchek)
Claims 1 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Kazmerchek in view of Kegley and
Vom Braucke. Reference is made to the examiner’s answer and
to his first office action (Paper No. 3 mailed August 8,
1996) for details of this rejection.
other components such as the attachment sections.
Furthermore, the hand grip sections in claims 3 and 4 and
the handle in claims 11 and 15 are recited to be connected
to the cart in a positive sense as if the claimed subject
matter was directed to the combination of the handle and the
cart. To be consistent with the preambles of the appealed
claims, which are directed to the handle per se, we have
interpreted the claim language to mean that the hand grip
sections in claims 3 and 4 and the handle in claims 11 and
15 are adapted to be connected or attached to the cart.
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