Appeal No. 2000-0510
Application No. 08/792,966
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a chassis for commercial vehicles in which a low
floor is required. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 1, which appears in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims are:
Cilley 1,251,749 Jan. 1, 1918
Anglada (Anglada '405) 1,481,405 Jan. 22, 1924
Anglada (Anglada '044) 1,543,044 Jun. 23, 1925
Hawkins 4,807,716 Feb. 28, 1989
The following rejections are before us for review.
(1) Claims 1 through 4 stand 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
appellant regards as the invention.
(2) Claims 1 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Anglada '405 in view of Hawkins.
(3) Claims 1, 3 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Anglada '044 in view of Hawkins.
(4) Claims 1, 2 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Anglada '405 in view of Cilley.
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