Appeal No. 1997-4246 Application No. 08/542,085 a reading of exemplary claim 1, a copy of which appears in the APPENDIX to the main brief (Paper No. 14). As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the documents listed below: Kobayashi 4,699,427 Oct. 13, 1987 Chiarella 5,108,076 Apr. 28, 1992 Daimler-Benz 880,554 Oct. 25, 1961 (Great Britain) The following rejections are before us for review. Claims 1, 2, 7 through 9, 13, and 18 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Daimler-Benz. Claims 3 through 6, 11, 12, 14 through 17, 22, and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Daimler-Benz in view of Kobayashi. Claims 10 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007