Ex parte RAZA et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 98-1457                                         Page 3           
          Application No. 08/530,006                                                  


                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The appellants' invention relates to a vehicular wheel                 
          suspension link.  An understanding of the invention can be                  
          derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which appears in               
          the appendix to the appellants' brief.                                      


               The prior art references of record relied upon by the                  
          examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:                              
          Schlechtendahl                3,266,339                     Aug.            
          16, 1966                                                                    
          Hynds                    5,064,216                     Nov. 12,             
          1991                                                                        
          Crandall                 5,282,396                     Feb.  1,             
          1994                                                                        
          Jacques et al.                5,417,499                     May             
          23, 1995                                                                    
          (Jacques)                                                                   
          Scowen                   WO 86/04122              July 16, 1986             



               Claims 1 through 10 and 13 through 15 stand rejected                   
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Crandall in                
          view of Scowen and Schlechtendahl.                                          











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