Appeal No. 2002-1583 Page 2
Application No. 09/299,678
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to an adjustable leveling ladder. A copy of the
claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Joseph 5,577,574 Nov. 26, 1996
Christy et al. (Christy) 5,816,364 Oct. 6, 1998
Hutson et al. (Hutson) 5,853,065 Dec. 29, 1998
Claims 1 to 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Joseph in view of Hutson and Christy.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 10, mailed October 11, 2001) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 6, filed August 10, 2000) for the
appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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