Appeal No. 2000-1514 Page 2
Application No. 09/038,450
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to powered wheel
chocking devices (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims
under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants'
brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Warner et al. (Warner) 5,249,905 Oct. 5,
1993
Springer 5,531,557 July 2,
1996
Claims 19 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Warner.
Claims 1 to 12 and 14 to 17 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Springer.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
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