Appeal No. 1997-2842
Application No. 08/510,921
the two mirror zones. Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed
invention, and it reads as follows:
1. An automobile exterior rearview mirror comprising:
a plane mirror zone;
an integral circular, convex or concave, wide-angle
mirror zone disposed at a predetermined position within said
plane mirror zone,
a circular blank zone surrounding said wide-angle zone
and located between said plane mirror zone and said wide-angle
mirror zone and integral therewith, said blank zone defining a
surface separating said wide-angle and plane zones, so that
said exterior rearview mirror provides a wider image without a
blind spot or any interference between zones.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Young 3,338,655 Aug. 29,
1967
Claims 1, 3, and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b) as anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Young.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 18,
mailed January 9, 1997) for the examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejection, and to appellant's Brief (Paper
No. 17, filed September 27, 1996) for appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
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