Ex Parte Bonaldi et al - Page 4



            Appeal 2007-1755                                                                                 
            Application 10/930,047                                                                           
            increases the cooling effect on brake elements (Answer 8).  The issues before us                 
            are whether Appellants have shown that the Examiner erred in rejecting claims 1-4,               
            6-11, and 13-18 as unpatentable over Yasushi and Juhan, and claims 5, 12, and                    
            19-23 as unpatentable over Yasushi, Juhan, and Sorrentino.                                       
                                           FINDINGS OF FACT                                                  
                   The relevant facts include the following:                                                 
                   1. Yasushi teaches a wheel 1 comprising a first rim 2a and a second rim                   
            2b integrally formed in a parallel configuration on an outer periphery of a single               
            wheel 1 (Yasushi, col. 2, ll. 35-37).                                                            
                   2. The wheel 1 includes a disc formed/mounted from/on an interior                         
            surface of the second rim 2b (Yasushi, Fig. 1).                                                  
                   3. The wheel structure of Yasushi comprises a space between the rim                       
            and the dual tires where snow, ice, or water could accumulate (Yasushi, Fig. 1).                 
                   4.    The outermost portion of the wheel disc 1 is formed from/on an                      
            inwardly facing portion of the rim 2b which lies within the boundaries of the                    
            outermost limits of the rim 2b (Yasushi, Fig. 1).                                                
                   5. Juhan teaches a wheel comprising a lateral disc 3 and at least two                     
            fitting rings 1a and 1b for pneumatic tires, mounted side by side on a single rim                
            (Juhan, col. 1, ll. 8-10).                                                                       
                   6. Each of the two fitting rings 1a and 1b are supported by a respective                  
            annular rim element 2a and 2b, concentrically disposed and formed with the wheel                 
            disc 3 (Juhan, col. 2, ll. 1-5).                                                                 


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