Appeal No. 97-0766 Page 3
Application No. 08/287,448
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to an annular vibration
damping machine element. An understanding of the invention
can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 13 and 18,
which appear in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Dillman 2,723,573 Nov. 15,
1955
Withers 5,299,468 April 5,
1994
Gebhardt 2,162,611 Feb. 5,
1986
(United Kingdom)
Claims 13 through 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b) as being anticipated by Gebhardt.
Claim 16 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Gebhardt in view of Dillman.
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