Appeal No. 2000-1478 Page 2
Application No. 09/052,531
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a drum brake
assembly. A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth on
page 9 of the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Naudzius 2,999,566 Sep. 12,
1961
Swift 3,108,659 Oct. 29,
1963
Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Naudzius in view of Swift.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 10,
mailed July 30, 1999) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 9, filed
July 6, 1999) and reply brief (Paper No. 11, filed October 4,
1999) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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