Ex parte WALTERS et al. - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 98-1291                                                                                                                     
                 Application No. 08/586,524                                                                                                             

                          This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner                                                                           
                 finally rejecting claims 1, 2, 4-6 and 12.  Claim 7 has been                                                                           
                 canceled.  Claims 9-11 and 13-21 have been allowed, and claims                                                                         
                 3 and 8 have been indicated as containing allowable subject                                                                            
                 matter.      2                                                                                                                         
                          The appellants’ invention is directed to a trailer for                                                                        
                 transporting a two-wheeled implement.  The subject matter                                                                              
                 before us on appeal is illustrated by reference to claim 1,                                                                            
                 which has been reproduced in an appendix to the Brief.                                                                                 


                                                               THE REFERENCES                                                                           
                          The references relied upon by the examiner to support the                                                                     
                 final rejection are:                                                                                                                   
                 Chereda                             4,032,167                                    Jun. 28, 1977                                         
                 Koch                                         4,607,996                                    Aug. 26, 1986                                


                                                               THE REJECTIONS                                                                           







                          2The examiner has withdrawn the rejection of claim 3 in                                                                       
                 the Answer.                                                                                                                            
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