Appeal No. 1999-0943
Application 08/906,135
Appellant’s invention relates to a lightweight brake drum and to a method of
manufacturing such a brake drum. Independent claims 1, 12, 17 and 19 are representative of the
subject matter on appeal and a copy of those claims, as reproduced from the Appendix to
appellant’s brief, is attached to this decision.
The sole prior art reference relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims
is:
Whitfield 2,844,229 July 22, 1958
Claims 1 through 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Whitfield.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full commentary with regard to the above-
noted rejection and the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellant regarding
the rejection, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper No. 10, mailed October 28, 1997)
and examiner's answer (Paper No. 13, mailed May 29, 1998) for the reasoning in support of the
rejection, and to appellant’s brief (Paper No. 12, filed March 30, 1998) and reply brief (Paper No.
14, filed July 27, 1998) for the arguments thereagainst.
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