Appeal No. 2000-0008 Page 2
Application No. 08/842,990
The prior art
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Bononi et al. (Bononi) 4,594,874 June 17, 1986
Hotta et al. (Hotta) 62-168627 July 24, 19871
(Japanese Patent Application)
The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel, United States Steel
Corporation, Seventh Ed., pp. 385-386 & 821-822, (U.S. Steel)
(1957)
The rejections
Claims 3, 4, 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Bononi in view of U.S. Steel and
further in view of Hotta.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper
No. 7) and the answer (Paper No. 13) for the examiner's
explanation of the rejection and to the appellants' brief
(Paper No. 12) and reply brief (Paper No. 14) for the
appellants' arguments thereagainst.
1 A translation of this document is attached to this
decision.
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