Appeal No. 2000-1349
Application No. 08/475,026
of the frame, claim 8 recites that the platforms are
located at a “mid-section” of the frame, and claim 15
recites that the platforms are connected to a “mid-section”
of the frame.
A copy of the appealed claims is appended to
appellant’s brief.
The following references are relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness in support of his
rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103:
Giladi 3,337,000 Aug. 22, 1967
Harrison 3,791,484 Feb. 12, 1974
Martin et al. (Martin) 4,546,852 Oct. 15, 1985
Kishi 5,107,955 Apr. 28, 1992
Louis Cepparo 2,384,437 Oct. 20, 1978
(French Patent Publication)4
The appealed claims stand rejected under § 103 as
follows:
1. Claims 1, 15, 17 and 19 as unpatentable over Giladi
in view of Cepparo;
2. Claims 1, 15 and 17-20 as unpatentable over Giladi
in view of Martin;
3. Claims 2-5, 8-10 and 16 as unpatentable over Giladi
in view of Cepparo and Kishi;
4 An English translation of this reference is appended to
this decision.
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