Appeal No. 2000-1971
Application No. 09/002,537
Appellant’s invention pertains to a trailer hitch housing
having the sides thereof strengthened by strengthening ribs.
A further understanding of appellant’s invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1 and 7, which
appear in the appendix to appellant’s main brief.
The references relied upon by the examiner in support of
the standing rejections are:
Sheldon 1,833,043 Nov. 24, 1931
Kelley et al. (Kelley) 2,093,608 Sep. 21, 1937
Floe 5,421,612 Jun. 6,
1995
Schiappati 301,153 Jan. 2, 1989
(European Patent Application)
The following rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are before
us for review:
(a) claims 1-4 and 6-17, unpatentable over Schiappati in
view of Floe;
(b) claims 1-4 and 6-17, unpatentable over Schiappati in
view of Sheldon; and
(c) claims 1-4 and 6-23, unpatentable over Schiappati in
view of Kelley.
Reference is made to appellant’s main and reply briefs
(Paper Nos. 19 and 22) and to the examiner’s answer (Paper No.
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