Appeal No. 1999-0405
Application No. 08/651,571
Cooper 5,203,681 Apr. 20,
1993
Thut 5,597,289 Jan.
28, 1997
Hattori 62-164525 Jul. 21,
1987
(Japanese patent)2
Claims 1 through 3, 5 through 8 and 20 stand rejected 3
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Thut in view
of Hattori.
Claims 9 through 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Cooper in view of Hattori.
2Our understanding of this foreign language document is
based on a translation prepared for the U.S. Patent and
trademark Office. A copy of that translation is attached to
this decision.
3In reviewing appellants’ specification (e.g., pages 8
and 9) and independent claims 1 and 20, we note some confusion
and inconsistencies in the disclosure and in the claim
recitations concerning the "radial wall" and "axial wall" in
the enumerated claims. As is apparent from viewing Figures 5
and 6 of the application, it appears that the recitations in
claims 1 and 20 should more properly be expressed as a
"radially facing wall formed by said second section" and as an
"axially facing wall formed by said first section." Likewise,
the specification at page 9 should be reviewed to correct this
same type of oversight.
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