Appeal No. 1999-1735 Page 6
Application No. 08/745,978
Claims 23 and 25
We sustain the rejection of claims 23 and 25 under 35
U.S.C. § 103.
Claim 23 recites a brake actuation unit comprising, inter
alia, a cylinder/piston arrangement having a housing defining
a cylinder, a piston, and a pressure chamber; a brake lining
acted upon by the cylinder/piston arrangement; a hydraulic
pump disposed substantially within the housing which is in
direct hydraulic communication with the pressure chamber of
the cylinder/piston arrangement; and a motor for driving the
hydraulic pump.
Claim 25 reads as follows:
A brake actuation unit according to Claim 23,
characterized in that the hydraulic pump is designed to
be self-locking.
The teachings of the applied prior art are set forth on
pages 7-9 of the brief and pages 3-4 of the answer.
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