Appeal No. 98-1455 Page 3 Application No. 08/625,936 BACKGROUND The appellants' invention relates to a linkage assembly with extruded hole member. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1 and 16, which appear in the appendix to the appellants' brief. The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are: Williams 2,865,428 Dec. 23, 1958 De Rose 2,892,483 June 30, 1959 Chinomi 5,501,422 Mar. 26, 1996 Claim 16 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by De Rose. Claim 17 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over De Rose.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007