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). 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007