Ex parte MUROTA - Page 3




          Appeal No. 97-2412                                                         
          Application No. 08/330,136                                                 

               Appellant’s invention pertains to a transmission.  An                 
          understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading               
          of exemplary claim 1, a copy of which appears in the APPENDIX              
          to the brief (Paper No. 14).                                               


               As evidence of anticipation, the examiner has applied the             
          following:                                                                 
          "Admitted Prior Art, i.e., Figs. 1 and 2 in this application               
          shown in NISSAN AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE RL4F03A - MAINTENANCE                  
          PROCEDURE MANUAL, May 1989" (Nissan Manual).                               


               The following rejection is before us for review.                      


               Claims 1 through 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §                   
          102(b) as being anticipated by the NISSAN MANUAL (Figs. 1 and              
          2 of present application).                                                 


               The full text of the examiner's rejection and response to             
          the argument presented by appellant appears in the answer                  
          (Paper No. 15), while the complete statement of appellant’s                
          argument can be found in the brief (Paper No. 14).                         

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