Appeal No. 1998-2945 Page 6
Application No. 08/624,734
invention. See In re Fine, 837 F.2d 1071, 1074, 5 USPQ2d
1596, 1598 (Fed. Cir. 1988).
The appellant argues (brief, pp. 3-7, and reply brief, p.
2) that the applied prior art does not suggest the claimed
subject matter. We agree.
Claim 1 recites a power cylinder piston for connection to
a power shaft within a power cylinder housing comprising,
inter alia, a cylinder being disposed slidably within the
power cylinder housing and an annularly corrugated sleeve
disposed within the cylinder and secured to the cylinder ends.
Claim 7 recites a damped power cylinder system
comprising, inter alia, a power cylinder housing and a piston
slidably disposed within the power cylinder housing. Claim 7
further recites that the piston comprises, inter alia, a
piston cylinder and an annularly corrugated sleeve disposed
within the piston cylinder and secured to the piston cylinder
ends.
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