Appeal No. 98-2005
Application No. 08/571,156
It will be appreciated from the above that
when the wiper spindle is in a middle
position, the gap of the part-pinion, too,
will assume a middle position. In respect
to the latter, the pair of stop members are
positioned symmetrically.
While the examiner urges that it would have been obvious to
one having ordinary skill in the art to modify the transfer case
transmission apparatus of the Admitted Prior Art, or Aoki, by
using the spring element of Buhl et al. in order to ensure that
the inversion of motion does not take place all of a sudden but
in a cushioned manner, it is our opinion, after careful
consideration of the collective teachings of the applied prior
art, that there is no fair teaching, suggestion or motivation in
the prior art relied upon by the examiner which would have led
one of ordinary skill in the art to the particular combination
as urged by the examiner. In this regard, we note that none of
the references relied upon by the examiner provides a
recognition of the problem to which the appellants have directed
their inventive efforts. Both the Admitted Prior Art and Aoki
are silent regarding any problem of the type identified by
appellants (specification, page 2), and, as a result, are in no
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