Appeal 2007-0040
Application 10/170,069
Patent 6,073,699
body parts to be hingedly openable on a second side of the
elevator.
4. On May 12, 1998, Appellant filed a Preliminary Amendment
adding claims 6-20 and canceling claim 5.
5. After filing of the Preliminary Amendment:
(1) The claims consist of independent claims 1, 10, and 16; and
dependent claims 2-4, 7-9, 11-15, and 17-20.
(2) Dependent claims 11-15 do not depend from any
independent claim and instead cyclically depend from each other.
6. On July 12, 1999, Appellant filed a Second Preliminary
Amendment2 adding claims 21-27 and canceling claims 1-4, 6, 9, 16-18,
and 20.
7. After filing of the Second Preliminary Amendment:
(1) The claims consist of independent claims 10, 21, 23, 25, and
26; and dependent claims 7, 8, 11-15, 19, 22, 24, and 27.
(2) Dependent claims 7 and 8 are amended to depend from
newly added claim 21.
(3) Dependent claim 19 is not similarly amended and depends
from canceled claim 17.
(4) Dependent claims 11-15 are not amended and still depend
from each other.
2 At filing the Second Preliminary Amendment was mislabeled as “Third
Preliminary Amendment.” The Office relabeled the amendment.
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