Appeal No. 1998-2083
Application No. 08/471,584
F.2d 1011, 1017, 154 USPQ 173, 177 (CCPA 1967), cert. denied,
389 U.S. 1057 (1968).
With reference to the appellants’ Figures 21 and 22, each
of independent claims 17 and 78 calls for, inter alia, a
loader assembly 232 carried by a semi-trailer 230 with the
loader assembly including a pair of horizontal arms 233, 234
overlying a cab 139 or an area occupiable by a cab. In
addition, each horizontal arm is recited as having a first end
coupled to the
semi-trailer proximate the forward end of the semi-trailer, a
second end extending forwardly past the cab or area, a first
segment 250 and a second segment 252 extendibly coupled to the
first segment for movement between an extended position and a
retracted position.
The examiner describes Holtkamp as teaching all of the
limitations of independent claims 17 and 78, except for the
semi-
trailer and the horizontal arms having a first segment and a
second segment extendibly coupled to the first segment (final
rejection, page 4). The examiner cites Worthington for a
teaching of a telescopic horizontal arm assembly 74, 92 for
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