Appeal No. 2003-0931
Application 09/383,508
“bays” to either “docking locations” or “locations.” In
addition, we further exercise our authority under 37 CFR
§ 1.196(c) by giving the appellants the right to amend claims 9
and 12 by amending the word “bays” to either “docking locations”
or “locations.” If the appellants choose to amend claims 1, 9,
12 and 19 pursuant to our recommendation, we note that claims 10
and 11 would remain rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, for the reasons set forth above with respect to claim
10.
SUMMARY
The decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 through 4, 6
through 12 and 19 is affirmed. In addition, this decision
contains a recommendation under 37 CFR § 1.196(c) giving the
appellants the right to amend claims 1, 9, 12 and 19 by amending
all occurrences of the word “bays” to either “docking locations”
or “locations.”
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