The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte ROBERT S. GRANDY
Appeal No. 2005-1016
Application No. 10/326,780
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, TIMM and JEFFREY T. SMITH, Administrative Patent
Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 9 and
10. Claims 11 and 12 have been objected to by the examiner as
being dependent upon a rejected claim, while claim 13 has been
allowed. Claims 9 and 10 are reproduced below:
9. In a railcar having a plurality of truck assemblies
including roller bearings formed with end caps having an attached
locking plate with exterior faces undergoing rotation during
movement of the railcar the improvement therein comprising[:]
reflector means affixed to the exterior faces of the roller
bearings to provide visibility of the railcar to ground vehicles,
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