Appeal No. 2001-2329 Page 2
Application No. 09/252,761
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a blasthole drill operator's cab, and more
particularly, to how the various consoles are positioned in the cab (specification, p. 1). A
substantially correct copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
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appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Wilderman 3,734,210 May 22, 1973
Dunn et al. (Dunn) 4,026,379 May 31, 1977
Brown et al. (Brown) 4,124,246 Nov. 7, 1978
Claims 1, 2 and 5 to 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Wilderman in view of Brown.
Claims 3 and 8 to 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Wilderman in view of Brown and Dunn.
2Minor errors in claims 7 and 9 are set forth on page 4 of the examiner's answer.
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