Appeal No. 2004-1395 Page 2
Application No. 09/407,053
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates generally to springs and is more specifically
directed to devices that dampen lateral rolling motions that occur during the movement
of railroad cars (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:
Magowan 136,079 Feb. 18, 1873
Platkiewicz et al. (Platkiewicz) 4,465,799 Aug. 14, 1984
Carlston 4,998,997 Mar. 12, 1991
Curtis et al. (Curtis) 5,036,774 Aug. 6, 1991
Spencer et al. (Spencer) 5,086,707 Feb. 11, 1992
Claims 15, 19 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Carlston in view of Magowan.
Claims 1, 3, 5 to 8, 10 to 14, 17, 18, 21 and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Carlston in view of Magowan in view of Platkiewicz
and further in view of Curtis and Spencer.
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