Mining or in situ disintegration of hard material – Hard material disintegrating machines – Floor-working
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-12
2011-04-12
Kreck, John (Department: 3672)
Mining or in situ disintegration of hard material
Hard material disintegrating machines
Floor-working
Reexamination Certificate
active
07922255
ABSTRACT:
A construction machine for the treatment of ground surfaces includes a machine frame, a drive motor, a work drum supported from the machine frame and including exchangeable tools fastened to the work drum, a belt drive and an auxiliary drive. The belt drive includes a motor-side pulley connected to the drive motor, a drum-side pulley connected to the work drum, and at least one drive belt connecting the motor-side pulley to the drum-side pulley. The auxiliary drive may be permanently coupled to the belt drive, or the auxiliary drive may include an adjustment mechanism for moving the auxiliary drive between a coupled and an uncoupled position.
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Exhibit A: Translation of Opposition re German Patent DE 10031195.4, (13 pages) dated Apr. 10, 2002.
Exhibit B: First enclosure to Appendix PPU1 to Exhibit A, photograph (1 page) (undated).
Exhibit C: Second enclosure to Appendix PPU1 to Exhibit A—CAT PM-565 brochure (8 pages) (dated Dec. 1992).
Exhibit D: Third enclosure to Appendix PPU1 to Exhibit A—drawing (1 page) (undated).
Exhibit E: Fourth enclosure to Appendix PPU1 to Exhibit A—drawing (1 page) (undated).
Exhibit F: Fifth enclosure to Appendix PPU1 to Exhibit A—drawing (1 page) (undated).
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Exhibit H: First enclosure to Appendix PPU2 to Exhibit A—drawing (1 page) (undated).
Exhibit I: Second enclosure to Appendix PPU2 to Exhibit A—Used Equipment advertisement (3 pages) (undated).
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Exhibit K: Translation of Response to Opposition re German Patent DE 10031195.4, dated Dec. 28, 2004 (11 pages).
Exhibit L: Translation of Reply to Response to Opposition re German Patent DE 10031195.4, dated Feb. 28, 2005 (4 pages).
Exhibit M: Opposition Submission re European Patent No. EP 1294991 (Application No. 01929639.1) dated Apr. 12, 2007 (13 pages).
Exhibit N: Response to Opposition Submission re European Patent No. EP 1294991, dated Sep. 6, 2007.
Exhibit O: European Search Report from corresponding application EP 01 10 8351.
Busley Peter
Gaertner Olaf
Simons Dieter
Beavers Lucian Wayne
Kreck John
Waddey & Patterson , P.C.
Wirtgen GmbH
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