Appeal No. 97-1025
Application No. 08/183,571
Additionally, Kato does not disclose the control pads positioned
on the gripping member of circular shape as set forth in
independent claims 1 and 6.
For the above reasons, the rejection of claims 1, 3, 6 and
43, as well as their dependent claims 2, 8, 10 to 15, 20, 38, 40
to 42 and 44, as being anticipated by Kato is not sustained.
Niemeyer
We do not sustain the rejection of claims 1 to 8, 10 to 12,
20, 21, 23, 25 to 33, 35, 37, 38, 43 and 44 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Niemeyer.
Niemeyer does not disclose a plurality of control pads
positioned in a separate "open at one side recess" as set forth
in independent claims 1, 3, 6, 23 and 35. Additionally, Niemeyer
does not disclose (1) the control pads positioned on the gripping
member of circular shape as set forth in independent claims 1, 6
and 23, (2) the control pads positioned on the hub member of
generally circular shape as set forth in independent claim 3, and
(3) the devices being controlled being selected from a group
consisting of a radio, air conditioning, heater, defroster,
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