Appeal No. 2004-0890
Application No. 09/754,291 Page 2
1. A hand-maneuvered snow clearing plow comprising:
a wedge-shape blade having at least one hinge;
a heating element secured along only a bottom edge of
said blade; and
a handle attached to a rear side of said blade.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Mason, Jr. (Mason) 1,276,672 Aug. 20, 1918
Klima et al. (Klima) 1,755,695 Apr. 22, 1930
Clements 2,700,096 Jan. 18, 1955
Denker et al. (Denker) 2,763,506 Sep. 18, 1956
Carlson 3,431,661 Mar. 11, 1969
Kim 5,357,646 Oct. 25, 1994
Kahley 5,676,412 Oct. 14, 1997
Sinclair, Jr. (Sinclair) 5,706,592 Jan. 13, 1998
Claims 1, 7-9, 11, 15-19, 21 and 22 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Mason in view of
Clements and Kim. Claims 2-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Mason in view of Clements,
Kim, and Klima. Claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Mason in view of Clements, Kim, and
Denker. Claims 10 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Mason in view of Clements, Kim and
Sinclair. Claims 12-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Mason in view of Clements, Kim and
Kahley. Claims 1-9, 11, 15-19, 21 and 22 stand rejected under
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