Appeal No. 1998-1650 Page 3
Application No. 08/715,749
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a method of
manufacturing a dynamic groove bearing. An understanding of
the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claims 24 and 25, which appear in the appendix to the
appellant's brief.3
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Murray 3,659,324 May 2,
1972
Wendel 3,833,275 Sep. 3,
1974
Kanamaru et al. 4,370,793 Feb. 1,
1983
(Kanamaru)
Sato 4,936,126 June
26, 1990
Naganawa 4 3-282009 5 Dec. 12, 1991
3We not that claim 24 as presented in the appendix to the
appellant's brief contains one error which was noted by the
examiner on page 3 of the answer.
4The examiner and the appellant used the name of Osanawa
to refer to this reference.
5In determining the teachings of Naganawa, we will rely
on the translation provided by the PTO. A copy of the
translation is attached for the appellant's convenience.
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