Appeal No. 2004-1938
Application No. 09/887,741
the front end of the trailer moves the trailer relative to the
elongate towing member in a horizontal plane to an angular
position out of alignment with the towing vehicle thereby freeing
the front end of the trailer from obstruction by the elongate
towing member and the towing vehicle. See, particularly, Figures
1-4 of the application. Claims 1 and 5 are representative of the
subject matter on appeal and a copy of those claims can be found
in the Appendix to appellant's brief.
The sole prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Schurz 4,050,598 Sep. 27, 1977
Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point
out and distinctly claim the subject matter which appellant
regards as the invention.
Claims 1 through 4, 5, 6 and 9 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Schurz.
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