Appeal No. 2000-0212
Application 08/914,477
a pair of reversible motor drive units for applying a
torque to each of said wheels and an opposite-direction
reaction torque to said body, said reaction torque acting to
flip said body pivoting said trailing end over said wheels
when said motor drive units reverse the torque applied to said
wheels.
Appellants assert that claim 16 additionally distinguishes
over the prior art in that it requires a toy vehicle having an
elongated body with a pair of rotating wheels and a pair of
reversible motors for applying torque to the wheels and an
opposite reaction torque to the body.
We agree with appellants to the extent that we find no
disclosure or suggestion in the combination of Travers and Oda
that the motors would produce sufficient torque to act to flip
the body of the Travers toy car, pivoting the trailing end
over the wheels, as recited in claim 16. Rejection (1) of
claim 16 accordingly will not be sustained.
Rejection (2)
The claims to which this rejection applies having been
grouped together by appellants (brief, page 5), we select
claim 10 from the group and will decide rejection (2) based
thereon. 37 CFR 1.192(c)(7).
Claim 10 recites:
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