Appeal No. 2001-0783
Application 09/012,796
This is an appeal from the examiner's refusal to
allow claims 1 through 9 as amended after final rejection.
The other remaining claims in the application, i.e., claims 11
and 14 through 17, have been allowed in the Examiner's Answer.
These are all the claims that remain in the application.
The claimed invention is directed to a hydraulic
steering assembly for a watercraft having twin outboard
propulsion units. The claimed subject matter may be further
understood with reference to the appealed claims appended to
appellants' brief.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner
as evidence of anticipation and obviousness are:
Rockhill 2,961,986 Nov. 29, 1960
North 4,009,678 Mar. 1, 1977
McBeth 5,092,801 Mar. 3, 1992
Kuroi 8-276896 Oct. 22, 1996
(Japanese Kokai)
THE REJECTIONS
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