Appeal No. 1999-0613 Page 2
Application No. 08/592,025
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a motor vehicle steering assembly. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which
appears in the appendix to the appellant's Brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Kawabata et al. (Kawabata) 4,517,854 May 21, 1985
Davis 1,572,519 Feb. 9, 1926
Claims 5 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being
indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the
appellant regards as his invention.
Claims 1, 2, and 4-7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Kawabata in view of Davis.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the Answer (Paper
No. 14) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the Brief
(Paper No. 13) and Reply Brief (Paper No. 16) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
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