Appeal No. 2005-1016
Application No. 10/326,780
said reflector means being a decal affixed in contacting
relationship to the end faces for rotation therewith to provide
greater visibility, and
said reflector means being affixed to the end faces by an
adhesive.
10. The railcar according to Claim 9 wherein each of said decals
include a central portion and a plurality of radially extending
arms affixed to the exterior faces.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Lester 5,155,626 Oct. 13, 1992
Pitchford 5,794,538 Aug. 18, 1998
Appellant's claimed invention is directed to a railcar
having reflector means affixed to the exterior faces of the
roller bearings of the truck assemblies. The reflector means is
a decal that is affixed to the roller bearings and rotates
therewith. According to appellant,
[A]pplying a reflecting decal to the truck assembly of
a railcar provides a highly effective alternative for
the rail industry to attain or exceed the degree of
reflection required by the federal government at a far
less cost of installation than the use of reflector
tape [applied along the length of the railcar] now
under consideration [page 3 of principal brief, second
paragraph].
Appealed claims 9 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Pitchford in view of Lester.
Appellant submits at page 2 of the principal brief that
appealed claims 9 and 10 are separately patentable.
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