Appeal No. 1998-0561
Application 08/340,339
10 includes a first mirror 11 attached externally to the left
side of the vehicle and a
second internal mirror 12 mounted to the left roof-supporting
column 15 of the vehicle." Thus, we find that the scope of
claim 1 requires a second mirror attached internally to the
vehicle to a roof-supporting column of the vehicle for
providing a blind spot view of the driver, the roof-supporting
column supporting a roof of the vehicle. We do not agree with
the Examiner that we merely can ignore the limitation of the
roof-supporting column and that the second mirror is attached
internally to the roof-supporting column of the vehicle.
Upon a closer review of Hagn, we fail to find that
the second mirror shown as element 16 in Figure 1 is attached
to the roof-supporting column. In particular, Hagn teaches in
column 2, lines 20 through 22, that the opening 18 is disposed
in a dashboard 19, in the region of the door hinge 21. In
column 2, lines 6 through 8, Hagn teaches that the side door
11 has a cover 13 that is taken out via the side door fitting
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