Appeal No. 1999-1718
Application 08/786,742
said inward side of each of said rotatable clearing disks
being attached to one of said disk mounts;
the forward reach of one of said clearing disks being
spaced between about 3 and about 10 inches from the forward
reach of the other of said clearing disks in a direction along
said path; and
a mounting means for attaching said apparatus to the farm
implement.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Carney 2,698,565 Jan. 4,
1955
Williams et al. (Williams) 4,425,973 Jan. 17,
1984
White 4,431,061 Feb. 14,
1984
Groff 5,497,836 Mar. 12,
1996
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 3, 5, 7 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Williams.
Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
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