Appeal No. 1998-2742
Application No. 08/751,068
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's
refusal to allow claim 16 as amended subsequent to the final
rejection in a paper filed March 26, 1998 (Paper No. 10).
Claims 18 through 36, which are all of the other claims
remaining in the application, stand allowed. Claims 1 through
14, 15 and 17 have been canceled.
Appellants’ invention, seen best in Figures 27 through 29
of the application, relates to an expansion joint for part of
a railway track, particularly in the vicinity of a bridge
where relative movement between a first fixed rail section
(212) and a second movable rail section (210) can occur. As
noted on page 19 of the specification, the first fixed rail
section (212) is in the form of a pointed tongue, while the
second movable rail section (210) is a stock rail.
Claim 16 reads as follows:
16. An expansion joint for part of a
railway track disposed on a foundation
comprising: a first fixed rail section; a second
rail section movable in relation to said first
fixed rail section, said second rail section
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