Appeal No. 2001-0737 Page 3
Application No. 08/766,212
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a balancing
arrangement (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Oetiker 4,299,012 Nov. 10,
1981
(Oetiker '012)
Oetiker 4,492,004 Jan. 8,
1985
(Oetiker '004)
Claims 1 to 35, 53 to 55, 62 to 73 and 80 to 95 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being
indefinite for failing to particularly point out and
distinctly claim the subject matter which the appellant
regards as the invention.
Claim 62 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Oetiker '012.
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