Ex parte DELL et al. - Page 2




              Appeal No. 2001-1609                                                                Page 2                
              Application No. 09/031,778                                                                                


                                                   BACKGROUND                                                           
                     The appellants' invention relates to a mobile workstation (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:                                                                                      
              Cope et al. (Cope)                 4,428,631                          Jan. 31, 1984                       
              Maguire, Jr. (Maguire)             5,416,666                          May  16, 1995                       
              Wacker et al. (Wacker)             5,443,017                          Aug. 22, 1995                       
              Leonard                            5,450,800                          Sep. 19, 1995                       



                     Claim 19 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by                          
              Wacker.                                                                                                   


                     Claims 11 to 13, 16 to 18, 20 and 21 stand rejected under                                          
              35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Wacker in view of Maguire and Leonard.                         


                     Claim 15 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over                          
              Wacker in view of Maguire and Leonard as applied to claim 11 above, and further in view                   
              of Cope.                                                                                                  









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