Appeal No. 96-3374
Application No. 08/115,974
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a low friction cam
shaft. Claims 1, 13 and 20 are representative of the subject
matter on appeal and copies of those claims are attached to
this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:
Lachnit 3,958,541 May 25,
1976
Lehtinen et al. 4,558,960 Dec. 17,
1985
(Lehtinen)
Umeha et al. 4,644,912 Feb. 24,
1987
(Umeha)
Oda 4,871,266 Oct. 3,
1989
Rao et al. 4,872,432 Oct. 10,
1989
(Rao)
Hiraoka et al. 4,969,262 Nov.
13, 1990
(Hiraoka)
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