Appeal No. 2002-1822
Application No. 09/197,164
type freight cars in a substantially semi-permanent fashion.
Independent claims 1 and 20 are representative of the subject
matter on appeal and a copy of those claims can 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:
Bogue 3,843,962 Oct. 22, 1974
Kanjo et al. 5,042,393 Aug. 27, 1991
(Kanjo)
Wallace et al. 5,065,679 Nov. 19, 1991
(Wallace '679)
Narkon et al. 5,110,221 May 5, 1992
(Narkon)
Daugherety, Jr. et al. 5,172,819 Dec. 22, 1992
(Daugherety '819)
Yamazumi et al. 5,271,679 Dec. 21, 1993
(Yamazumi)
Claims 1 through 8, 11 through 15 and 20 through 31 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Wallace '679 in view of Narkon.
Claims 1 through 8, 11 through 15 and 20 through 31 also
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Daugherety '819 in view of Narkon.
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