Appeal No. 95-2264
Application 08/125,750
through 22 are all of the claims remaining in this application. Claims 1 through 4 and
10 have been canceled.
Appellant's invention relates to an auxiliary, after-market, rearview mirror
assembly for attachment to a conventional side-mounted rearview mirror that is already
mounted on a vehicle. Objectives of appellant's invention are (1) to eliminate the blind
spot which exists when only using a conventional flat or convex side-mounted vehicle
rearview mirror, and (2) to increase the angular viewing range of such conventional
mirrors without requiring replacement of the conventional mirrors. Claims 21 and 22
are representative of the subject matter on appeal and a copy of those claims appears
in the Appendix to appellant's brief.
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:
Bloom 4,223,983 Sep. 23, 1980
Otaka 2,144,240 Jun. 4, 1990
(Japanese Patent)3
Musinu 443,990 Aug. 28, 1991
(European Patent Application)
Based on the examiner's commentary on pages 1 through 4 of the examiner's
3Our understanding of this Japanese language document is based upon a
translation prepared for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of that
translation accompanies this decision.
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