Appeal No. 2002-0234
Application No. 09/496,087
of a conventional tractor which mechanism includes a wheeled
frame means positioned forwardly of the tractor to which the
weight carried by the forklift maybe transferred. A copy of
claims 1 through 4 on appeal may be found in the Appendix to
appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Ferris 4,079,798 Mar. 21, 1978
Granlind et al. 4,424,872 Jan. 10, 1984
(Granlind)
Smith et al. (Smith) 5,823,629 Oct. 20, 1998
Claims 1 through 4 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 appellant
regards as his invention.
Claims 1 through 4 additionally stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Granlind in view of
Smith or Ferris.
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