Appeal No. 2003-0690 Page 2
Application No. 09/247,557
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to an automotive vehicle with a telescopic load
carrying arm (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:
Hayward 4,280,783 July 28, 1981
van der Lely 4,585,084 April 29, 1986
van der Lely 4,618,016 Oct. 21, 1986
Brown 5,618,156 April 8, 1997
Braud 5,687,809 Nov. 18, 1997
Claims 5 to 7, 9 to 16, 18 and 20 to 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Brown in view of Braud, Hayward and van der Lely '016.
Claims 5 to 7, 9 to 16, 18 and 20 to 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Brown in view of Braud, Hayward, van der Lely '016 and van
der Lely '084.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
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