Appeal No. 2003-0587
Application No. 09/533,514
Further details relating to these aspects of appellants’
invention and to lift table drive motor control for minimizing
the shock load associated with containers impacting the cases can
be found on pages 12 through 15 of the specification.
Independent claims 23, 37, 41, 45 and 46 are representative
of the subject matter on appeal and a copy of those claims can be
found in Appendix A of appellants’ brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Wayne 3,529,732 Sep. 22, 1970
Westerling 3,765,546 Oct. 16, 1973
Golantsev et al. (Golantsev) 3,837,140 Sep. 24, 1974
Raudat 4,570,413 Feb. 18, 1986
Hjalmer et al. (Hjalmer) 4,686,918 Aug. 18, 1987
Groebli et al. (Groebli) 4,861,529 Aug. 29, 1989
Leibach et al. (Leibach) 5,529,295 Jun. 25, 1996
Claims 23, 24, 26, 29, 30 and 41 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Westerling.
Claims 23, 37, 38, 45 and 46 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Raudat.
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