Appeal No. 97-2412
Application No. 08/330,136
In the present continuation-in-part application, drawing
Fig. 3 has been added (this figure does not correspond to Fig.
3 of the priority document). In the section “Detailed
Description of the Preferred Embodiments” (page 3) appellant,
referring to Fig. 1, sets forth that “there is shown an
automatic transmission according to the present invention.
The transmission of the present invention may be applied to an
automatic transmission disclosed in a publication entitled
NISSAN AUTOMATIC TRANSAXLE RL4FO3A - MAINTENANCE PROCEDURE
MANUAL, May, 19 [sic] 1989.”
Based upon appellant’s disclosure regarding the Nissan
Manual and Figs. 1 and 2, as specified above, the examiner
considers claims 1 through 4 to be anticipated by the Nissan
Manual or appellant’s Figs. 1 and 2.
Independent claim 1, on appeal, is drawn to a
transmission with, inter alia, a shaft, a sleeve including a
first sleeve portion being formed with a bearing support and
second sleeve portion being formed with seal ring grooves, a
drum rotatably supported by the bearing support of the first
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