Ex parte KODAMA et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 95-4857                                                          
          Application 08/101,000                                                      






                                 DECISION ON APPEAL                                   
                    This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims              
          1 and 4 to 9, all the claims remaining in the application.                  
                    The claims on appeal are drawn to a fuel transport-               
          ing hose construction, and are reproduced in Appendix A of                  
          appellants' brief.                                                          
                    The references applied in the final rejection are:                
          Johansen et al. (Johansen)       3,828,112       Aug.  6, 1974              
          Press                            4,293,150       Oct.  6, 1981              
                    An additional reference applied herein in rejections              
          pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b) is:                                           
          Igarashi et al. (Igarashi)        4,887,647      Dec. 19, 1989              


                    The claims on appeal stand finally rejected as                    
          follows:                                                                    
          (1)  Claims 1, 8 and 9, unpatentable over Johansen, under 35                
          U.S.C. § 103;                                                               
          (2)  Claims 4 to 7, unpatentable over Johansen in view of                   
          Press, under 35 U.S.C. § 103.                                               
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