Appeal No. 2002-0620
Application No. 08/921,943
The following references2 are relied on by the Examiner:
Japanese Koki Patent Application
Sakuraoka et al. (Sakuraoka) 7-245131 Sep. 19, 1995
German Published Patent Application
Dingenotto DE-OS 4002486 A1 Aug. 8, 1991
Claims 22-24 and 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Dingenotto.
Claims 25 and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Dingenotto in view of Sakuraoka.
We make reference to the answer (Paper No. 26, mailed
September 27, 2001) for the Examiner’s reasoning, and to the
brief (Paper No. 25, filed July 18, 2001) and the reply brief
(Paper No. 27, filed January 8, 2002) for Appellants’ arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In rejecting claims 22-24 and 27 under 35 U.S.C. § 102, the
Examiner refers to Figure 3 of Dingenotto and equates portions 11
to the claimed parallel beams and sections 33 as the claimed
semi-circular reentrant sections (answer, page 3). The Examiner
further characterizes regions 22 of Dingenotto as the claimed
2 Translations of these references (provided by the USPTO Translation
Branch) are relied upon and accompany this decision.
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