Appeal No. 1999-1534 Page 3
Application No. 08/799,210
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a spoke nipple and a
method of manufacturing a spoke nipple. An understanding of
the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim
1 which is reproduced in the opinion section below.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Sauer 2,450,694 Oct. 5,
1948
Horling, Jr. 2,778,690 Jan. 22,
1957
Hillis et al. 5,673,976 Oct. 7,
1997
(Hillis) (filed Feb. 15, 1995)
Claims 1 to 4, 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Hillis in view of Horling and
Sauer.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper No.
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