Appeal No. 1997-1230
Application 08/274,807
practicing Suzuki’s method, which requires that the liquid
crystal polymer be molded and solidified in the presence of a
precisely oriented magnetic field in order to achieve the
increased compression strength benefit Suzuki desires.
Fourth, it appears likely that making Sakaguchi’s clamper 40
according to Suzuki’s method would complicate production and
increase costs, which runs directly counter to Sakaguchi’s
stated objectives. For at least these reasons, the examiner’s
foundation position that it would have been obvious to one of
ordinary skill in the art in view of Suzuki to make the hub
(i.e., clamper 40) of Sakaguchi of injection molded liquid
crystal plastic material is not supportable.
In light of the above, we will not sustain the rejection
of claims 1-5, 8, 9 and 11 as being unpatentable over
Sakaguchi in view of Suzuki.
Concerning the rejection of claims 6, 7, 10 and 12-14 as
being unpatentable over Sakaguchi and Suzuki and further in
view of Cheney, the Cheney reference additionally applied in
this rejection does not overcome the deficiencies of Sakaguchi
and Suzuki noted above. Hence, this rejection also will not
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