Appeal No. 2003-2034
Application No. 09/667,727
Appellants' claim 3 sets forth an apparatus for simulating a
ride on a vehicle in a form of a motorcycle with the feature,
inter alia, of each of a pair of linear actuators being coupled
to a lower portion of a front column mounting a handle on an
upper end thereof for steering.
The examiner acknowledges in the final rejection (Paper No.
9) that the Honda patent fails to disclose linear actuators
attached to the front lower surface of a vehicle.3 However, as
perceived by the examiner, Koyama's teaching of two actuators
150, 1524 attached to a lower front portion of a vehicle body
(Figs. 1 through 4) would have made it obvious to attach the
linear actuators of Honda to the front of the vehicle (pages 2
and 3, Paper No. 9 and pages 3 through 5, Paper No. 13). As
explained below, we do not share this point of view.
From our perspective, one having ordinary skill in the art
would have readily appreciated the overall configuration and
3 In particular, the claim language, as noted, requires
linear actuators coupled to a lower portion of a front column
mounting a handle.
4 The patentee Koyama discloses intermediate links 150, 152,
not linear actuators.
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