Appeal No. 2000-1489 Page 2
Application No. 09/188,421
The appellant's invention relates to a ramp which may be
mounted in the side door opening of a service van
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is
set forth 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:
Vartanian 4,966,516 Oct.
30, 1990
Best 4,979,867 Dec.
25, 1990
Claims 1 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Vartanian.
Claims 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Vartanian in view of Best.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 13,
mailed January 31, 2000) for the examiner's complete reasoning
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