Ex Parte GEARHART - Page 8



          Appeal No. 2002-0331                                                        
          Application No. 09/382,735                                                  

          trailer together at an angle to prevent pivotal movement and                
          jackknifing, would not have provided a suggestion for the                   
          extensive reworking of the Keller apparatus to achieve the                  
          locking mechanism of appellant’s claim 9.  For the above reasons,           
          the obviousness rejection cannot be sustained.                              

               In summary, this panel of the board has not sustained the              
          description and obviousness rejections on appeal.                           

               The decision of the examiner is reversed.                              

                                      REVERSED                                        



                         IRWIN CHARLES COHEN           )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge )                                
                                                       )                              
                                                       )) BOARD OF PATENT             
                         JEFFREY V. NASE               )     APPEALS                  
                         Administrative Patent Judge )       AND                      
                                                       )  INTERFERENCES               
                                                       )                              
                                                       )                              
                         JENNIFER D. BAHR              )                              
                         Administrative Patent Judge )                                

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