Ex parte GAUGER et al. - Page 3




          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.                                                










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