Appeal No. 1999-2458 Page 2
Application No. 08/851,693
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to crib dropside
assemblies, and particularly to assemblies including dropsides
movably mounted to corner posts by rail end fittings
(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:
Burnham 4,724,556 Feb. 16,
1988
Huang 5,432,962 July 18,
1995
Claims 1 to 4 and 6 to 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Huang.
Claims 5 and 17 to 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Huang in view of Burnham.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
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