Appeal No. 2004-2291 Page 2
Application No. 10/318,506
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention is generally related to permanent magnet linear brakes
and is more particularly directed to eddy brake systems for movable cars, for example,
rail supported cars, go-carts, elevator cars, conveyor cars, and roller coaster cars,
among others (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:
Mutaguchi et al. (Mutaguchi) 5,778,797 July 14, 1998
Hazelton et al. (Hazelton) 6,104,108 Aug. 15, 2000
Claims 21 to 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Mutaguchi.
Claims 1 to 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Mutaguchi in view of Hazelton.
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