Appeal No. 1998-0616
Application No. 08/614,347
The appellants’ invention is directed to a control shaft
arrangement. A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth
in the appendix to the appellants’ brief (Paper No. 17).
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Matt 4,903,543 Feb. 27, 1990
Morishima 61-129291 Jun. 17, 1986
(Published Japanese Appl.)
Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
anticipated by Matt.
Claims 3 through 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as unpatentable over Matt in view of Morishima.1
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 20) for
the examiner’s complete reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to the brief for the appellants’ arguments
thereagainst.
1In determining the teachings of Morishima, we will rely on the
translation provided by the PTO. A copy of the translation is attached for
the appellants’ convenience. Any reference in this decision to Morishima by
page is to this translation.
2
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