Ex parte MUELLER et al. - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 97-2610                                                                                                                     
                 Application 08/236,809                                                                                                                 


                 application.2                                                                                                                          


                          The invention relates to an isolator for attenuating and                                                                      
                 dampening vehicle driveline torsionals (i.e., pulses)                                                                                  
                 generated by accelerations/decelerations of the vehicle’s                                                                              
                 engine.  A copy of the appealed claims (with reference                                                                                 
                 numerals added) appears in the appendix to the appellants’                                                                             
                 brief (Paper No. 17).                                                                                                                  
                          The instant application is one of four related                                                                                
                 applications filed concurrently on May 2, 1994 by Eaton                                                                                
                 Corporation, the assignee of entire interest in each of the                                                                            
                 applications.  Three of the applications, Applications                                                                                 
                 08/236,809, 08/236,835 and 08/236,838, are currently on appeal                                                                         
                 to this Board from a final rejection,  and the fourth,             3                                                                   
                 Application 08/236,069, has matured into U.S. Patent No.                                                                               
                 5,577,963, issued on November 26, 1996.                                                                                                


                          2Claims 1, 3, 6 and 8 have been amended subsequent to                                                                         
                 final rejection.                                                                                                                       
                          3Application 08/236,809 is the instant application,                                                                           
                 Application 08/236,835 is the subject of Appeal No. 97-3085                                                                            
                 and Application 08/236,838 is the subject of Appeal No. 97-                                                                            
                 2221.                                                                                                                                  
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