Appeal No. 97-4212
Application No. 08/630,031
The appellants’ invention is directed to a composite
bumper structure for an automotive vehicle. The claim has
been reproduced in an appendix to the Brief.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Killea, Jr. 3,655,231 Apr. 11, 1972
Enomoto et al. 5-310092 2 Nov. 22, 1993
(Enomoto) (JP)
THE REJECTION
Claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Enomoto in view of Killea.
The rejection is explained in Paper No. 5 (the final
rejection).
OPINION
In reaching our decision on the issues raised in this
appeal, we have carefully assessed the claim, the prior art
applied against the claim, and the respective views of the
2A PTO translation of the reference is enclosed.
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