Appeal No. 2002-2272
Application 09/375,712
IV. The 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejections of claims 13 through 15
Because neither Cronin nor Rogers cures the shortcomings of
the Bergman-Hollon combination relative to the subject matter
recited in parent claim 9, we shall not sustain the standing 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of dependent claim 13 as being obvious
over Bergman in view of Hollon and Cronin, or the standing 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of dependent claims 14 and 15 as being
obvious over Bergman in view of Hollon and Rogers.
V. The 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of claim 16
Independent claim 16 recites a method of preparing road
shoulders comprising, inter alia, the steps of providing a
roller, providing at least one pivotally mounted arm rotatably
supporting the roller, providing an arm linear actuator “operably
connected” to the at least one arm, and actuating the arm linear
actuator for pivotally moving the arm and thereby vertically
moving the roller.
Cronin discloses a pavement roller attachment on the rear
end of a grading vehicle. The attachment comprises a telescopic
boom 12 mounted for movement about a vertical axis, a horizontal
axis and its own longitudinal axis, a vertically oriented piston-
cylinder unit shown in Figure 2 (but not described by Cronin)
ostensibly for moving the boom about the horizontal axis, a
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