Ex parte OSTENDORFF et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 2000-0212                                                        
          Application 08/914,477                                                      




               The references applied in the final rejection are:                     
               Travers                  3,192,664           Jul.  6, 1965             
               Terzian                  3,733,739           May  22, 1973             
               Oda                      4,213,270           Jul. 22, 1980             
               George et al (George)    5,727,985           Mar. 17, 1998             
          (filed Mar. 8, 1996)                                                        
               The appealed claims stand finally rejected under 35                    
          U.S.C.  § 103(a) as follows:                                                
          (1)  Claims 1 to 4, 9 and 16, unpatentable over Travers in                  
          view of Oda.                                                                
          (2)  Claims 10 to 13, unpatentable over Travers in view of Oda              
          and Terzian.                                                                
          (3)  Claims 1 to 6, 9 and 14 to 16, unpatentable over Travers               
          in view of George.                                                          
          (4) Claims 7, 8 and 10 to 13, unpatentable over Travers in                  
          view of George and Terzian.                                                 
          Rejection (1)                                                               
               Travers discloses a toy vehicle having a pair of drive                 
          wheels 6 near the front of the body, and a wheel-less trailing              
          end, the wheels being driven through reduction gears 12, 13,                
          etc., by motor 9, which may be electric (col. 3, lines 45 to                


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