Appeal No. 1998-0561
Application 08/340,339
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejec-
tion of claims 1 through 7 and 9 through 17. Claims 8 and 18
through 22 stand withdrawn from consideration based upon a
restriction requirement made by the Examiner. No claims have
been allowed.
The invention relates to rearview mirrors for vehi-
cles. More particularly, the present invention relates to a
side rearview mirror arrangement for eliminating a blind spot
associated with side rearview mirrors.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A mirror assembly for a vehicle comprising:
a first mirror attached externally to the vehicle
for providing a side rear view along a side of the vehicle to
a driver of the vehicle; and
a second mirror attached internally to the vehicle
to a roof-supporting column of the vehicle for providing a
blind spot view to the driver, the roof-supporting column
supporting a roof of the vehicle,
the first and second mirrors being separately ad-
justable.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Hagn et al. (Hagn) 4,439,013 Mar. 27, 1984
Mizuta et al. (Mizuta) 4,727,302 Feb. 23, 1988
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