Appeal No. 2004-0890
Application No. 09/754,291 Page 4
decision for each of the first and sixth rejections stated by the
examiner. As for the other six rejections that involve only
dependent claims, we note that appellant only argues against each
of those rejections based on the arguments made for the
patentability of representative independent claim 1. See pages 7
and 8 of the brief. On this record, it is manifest that our
disposition of those latter six rejections will follow from our
disposition of the rejections of claim 1. In this regard, four
of those rejections of dependent claims employ Mason as a primary
reference and their disposition will follow from the disposition
of the rejection of claim 1 that employs Mason as a primary
reference. The remaining two rejections of dependent claims list
Carlson as the primary reference and their disposition will
follow from the disposition of the rejection of claim 1 that
employs Carlson as a primary reference.
Mason provides a snow plow with wedge shaped mold boards (5)
that include hinges (6) and a handle (11 and 14) attached to the
rear thereof, as shown in the drawing figures. Carlson discloses
a snow plow with v-shaped portions (30) with hinge (39) and a
handle (11 and 14) attached to the rear thereof as shown in the
drawing figures of Carlson.
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