Appeal No. 1998-0491
Application 08/125,002
Appellants’ invention pertains to a metallic component
constituting an element of a friction clutch, a friction
clutch, a torque transmitting apparatus, and an apparatus for
compensating for torsional stresses. A basic understanding of
the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claims 27, 29, 33, and 35, copies of which appear in the
APPENDIX to the brief (Paper No. 27).
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
single document specified below:
Reik et al. 5,160,007 Nov. 3,
1992
(Reik)
The following rejection is before us for review.
Claims 27 through 37, 39, and 42 through 47 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Reik.
The full text of the examiner's rejection and response to
the argument presented by appellants appears in the answer
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