Appeal No. 1998-1562 Page 2
Application No. 08/611,416
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an apparatus for
changing a lap. An understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which appears in
the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Smith 4,005,830 Feb. 1,
1977
Johannsson 4,298,173 Nov. 3,
1981
Eichenberger et al. 5,096,135 Mar.
17, 1992
(Eichenberger)
Claim 20 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly
point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the
appellants regard as the invention.
Claims 1, 16 to 18 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Eichenberger.
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