Appeal No. 98-0952
Application No. 08/399,434
Appellant’s invention relates to a handle for a trolley
or a container of the type having a plurality of wheels. In
all of the appealed claims, the handle is recited to comprise
a bow (20) connected or secured to and extending between a
pair of head elements (11).
Independent claim 17 is directed to the combination of
the handle and the wheeled container. Independent claim 33 is
directed to the combination of the handle and the trolley.
Claim 21, the only other independent claim on appeal, is
directed to the handle per se.
A copy of the appealed claims is appended to
appellant’s brief.
The following references are relied upon by the
examiner in support of his rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
and 35 U.S.C. § 103:
Wyatt et al. 5,189,281 Feb. 23, 1993
(Wyatt)
Wang 5,452,778 Sep. 26, 1995
(filed Jan. 11, 1994)
U.K. Patent 683,658 Dec. 3, 1952
The grounds of rejection are as follows:
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