Appeal No. 2003-0388 Page 2
Application No. 09/499,124
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to the field of boat trailers. More specifically,
the invention comprises a skid assembly which may be attached to the frame of a boat
trailer just forward of the wheels to prevent the boat trailer wheel from dropping abruptly
off the end of a ramp, thereby causing the trailer to become stuck (specification, p. 1).
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:
Herndon 3,933,372 Jan. 20, 1976
Des Roches 5,195,767 Mar. 23, 1993
Eggleston 5,806,871 Sep. 15, 1998
Claims 1 to 4, 6 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Eggleston in view of Des Roches.
Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Eggleston in view of Des Roches and Herndon.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the final
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