Appeal No. 1998-1289
Application 07/906,492
DISCUSSION
I. The 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejections of claims 24 through
26 and 28 through 30
Ware, the primary reference in these rejections,
discloses
a method for the assembly of a vehicle wheel
having a load supporting disc part and a tire
supporting rim formed from at least one annular
rim part, compris[ing] securing in position at
least one of the said parts by injection of a
thermoplastic or thermosetting material in a
liquid or plastic state into at least one
circumferentially extending annular space formed
between cooperating configurations of two of the
said parts, then allowing the material to
solidify to form a locking member in situ
[column 1, lines 16 through 25].
The Figure 7 embodiment relied on by the examiner
involves a cast disc 2 shaped with an outboard rim part
12, and a separately formed inboard rim part 11. The
35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, rejection of claim 34 and
the 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, rejection of claims 35
through 37 which were set forth in the final rejection (see
the advisory action mailed February 5, 1997, Paper No. 24).
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