Appeal No. 1997-0726 Page 3
Application No. 08/329,398
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a method of
assembling a fluid damped elastomer mount. An understanding
of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claim 1, which appears in the appendix to the appellants'
brief.2
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Shtarkman 4,560,150 Dec. 24,
1985
Eberhard et al. (Eberhard) 4,650,169 Mar. 17, 1987
Claims 1 through 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Shtarkman in view of Eberhard.
2We understand the following terms from claims 1-5 as
referring to the same element: a sealed fluid composite
member, a sealed fluid package, said fluid package, and said
fluid package member. We also understand the term "said top
and said bottom diaphragm" recited in claim 5 as referring
back to the "top diaphragm member" and the "bottom diaphragm
member" recited in parent claim 4.
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