Appeal No. 97-2726 Page 2
Application No. 08/296,393
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an instrument cluster
gauge. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claim 9, which appears in the appendix to
the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Levinson et al. 4,755,053 July 5, 1988
(Levinson)
Quintana 497,664 3 Aug. 5, 1992
(European Patent Application)
Claims 9, 11 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Quintana.
Claims 10, 12 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Quintana in view of Levinson.
3In determining the teachings of Quintana, we will rely on
the translation provided by the PTO. A copy of the translation
is attached for the appellants' convenience.
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