Appeal No. 1999-1530 Page 4
Application No. 08/728,607
claims 1-9 and 19-21 [sic, 1-3, 8, 9, 19 and 21] represent one
group, claims 10 and 18 represent a second group and claims
11-17 represent a third group.
In accordance with 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7), we have selected
claims 1, 10 and 11 as the representative claims from the
above-noted grouping of claims to decide the appeal on the
rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Claim 1
We sustain the rejection of claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. §
103.
The examiner determined (answer, p. 4) that (1) Ohta
teaches all the features of the claimed invention except for
the cover including a seal groove and a sealing member
disposed therein, and (2) Tsuzuki discloses a brake hydraulic
controller having a seal groove and a sealing member fitted to
the seal groove for elastically contacting the surface. In
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