Appeal No. 2005-1862 Page 2
Application No. 09/799,088
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an apparatus and method of measuring
pavement cross-slope at highway speeds (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:
Swindall et al. (Swindall) 4,674,327 June 23, 1987
Shoutaro et al. (Shoutaro) 4,700,223 Oct. 13, 1987
Desmarais et al. (Desmarais) 5,467,190 Nov. 14, 1995
Okada 6,268,825 July 31, 2001
Claims 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12 to 14 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Swindall in view of Desmarais.
Claims 2, 6, 10 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Swindall in view of Desmarais and Shoutaro.
Claims 3, 7, 11 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Swindall in view of Desmarais and Okada.
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