Appeal No. 2000-0031
Application No. 09/061,526
Appellant’s invention is directed to an improved foothold
of the type used in a manhole, or on a quay. Independent
claims 2
and 6 are representative of the subject matter on appeal and a
copy of those claims may be found in the Appendix to
appellant’s brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Takahashi 4,778,032 Oct. 18,
1988
Watsham 470,919 Aug. 24,
1937 (published British Patent Application)
Claims 2 and 5 through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§
103 as being unpatentable over Takahashi in view of Watsham.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejection and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellant
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