Appeal No. 2004-2131 Page 2
Application No. 10/016,719
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a device for balancing a radial threaded
spindle eccentricity of a spindle drive to avoid blocking of the spindle drive during the
lifting movement of a platform (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is
set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Bayne et al. (Bayne) 4,326,643 Apr. 27, 1982
Joffe 5,331,861 July 26, 1994
Claims 1, 2, 4 to 11 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Bayne in view of Joffe.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the final
rejection (mailed September 5, 2003) and the answer (mailed April 9, 2004) for the
examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the brief (filed January
13, 2004) for the appellants' arguments thereagainst.
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