Appeal No. 2005-1125 3
Application No. 10/144,328
Claims 2 through 5 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over McCormick in view of Fotino
and Fichtel.
Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over McCormick in view of Fotino, Fichtel and
Handke.
Attention is directed to the main and reply briefs (Paper
Nos. 14 and 17) and the final rejection and answer (Paper Nos. 9
and 16) for the respective positions of the appellants and the
examiner regarding the merits of these rejections.2
DISCUSSION
McCormick, the examiner’s primary reference, discloses a
vehicle suspension system 10 comprising a piston-cylinder
arrangement disposed between a tire 12 and a shock tower 20. The
system includes a strut cylinder 30, a piston rod 58, a jounce
bumper 26, a striker cap 32 and a bellows 56, with these elements
being operatively associated as shown in Figures 1 and 2.
2 The record indicates that English language translations of
the German references, prepared on behalf of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office, were mailed to the appellants with
the examiner’s answer.
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