Appeal No. 2006-0028
Application No. 10/435,858
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to “a method for enhancing the
efficiency of freighting dangerous goods” (specification, page 1).
The claim reads as follows:
A method of enhancing the efficiency of freight movement of
dangerous goods, the method comprising utilizing wing-in-ground
craft, types A or B, equipped to haul dangerous goods.
THE REJECTIONS
The claim stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, as being based on a specification which is non-enabling
with respect to the claimed invention.
The claim also stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by “TAF VIII-2 Jörg IV from Botec,” The WIG Page
Datasheet no. 57 (The WIG Page © 1996-2003)(Jörg).1
Attention is directed to the brief (filed April 27, 2005) and
answer (mailed June 14, 2005) for the respective positions of the
appellant and examiner regarding the merits of these rejections.
1 The appellant has not challenged the examiner’s implicit determination that the Jörg reference
is prior art with respect to the claimed invention under § 102(b).
2
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