Ex parte KODAMA et al. - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 96-1950                                                                                                                     
                 Application No. 08/099,929                                                                                                             


                          This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1 to                                                                     
                 9 and 11 to 13, all the claims remaining in the application.                                                                           
                          The claims on appeal are drawn to a fuel transporting                                                                         
                 hose construction, and are reproduced in Appendix A of                                                                                 
                 appellants’ brief.                                                                                                                     
                          The references applied in the final rejection are:                                                                            
                 Satoh et al. (Satoh)                                  4,330,017                           May  18, 1982                                
                 Igarashi et al. (Igarashi ‘906) 4,942,906                                                 Jul. 24, 1990                                
                 Nakaya et al. (Nakaya)                                4,996,076                           Feb. 26, 1991                                
                          Additional references applied herein in rejections                                                                            
                 pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b) are:2                                                                                                    
                 Igarashi et al. (Igarashi ‘647) 4,887,647                                                 Dec. 19, 1989                                
                 Nishimura                                                      4,984,604                           Jan. 15,                            
                 1991                                                                                                                                   
                 Green                                                 5,192,476                           Mar.  9, 1993                                
                          (filed Dec. 2, 1991)                                                                                                          
                          The appealed claims stand finally rejected under 35                                                                           
                 U.S.C.                                                                                                                                 
                 § 103 as follows:                                                                                                                      
                 (1)  Claims 1, 6 to 9, 11 and 12, unpatentable over Igarashi                                                                           
                 ‘906 in view of Satoh;                                                                                                                 



                          2Igarashi ‘647 and Nishimura are of record in the present                                                                     
                 application.                                                                                                                           
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