Appeal No. 1999-0628 Page 2
Application No. 08/806,503
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to an arrangement comprising any of an automatic
transmission housing, a manual transmission housing and a four-wheel drive transfer case
having an output shaft having a set of splines and a yoke mounted on the splines. It is
important to the appellant that the set of splines be completely external of the housing or
transfer case. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claim 1, which is reproduced in the opinion section of this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims are:
Ward et al. (Ward) 1,169,058 Jan. 18, 1916
Richter 2,226,388 Dec. 24, 1940
Keese 2,402,637 Jun. 25, 1946
Arbus 5,339,707 Aug. 23, 1994
The following reference is referred to in the remand section of this decision, infra:
Benson, Jr. (Benson) 3,636,909 Jan. 25, 19722
The following rejections are before us for review.
1. Claims 1-3, 6-9, 12 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Keese in view of Arbus.
2This reference was cited by the appellant in an information disclosure statement filed July 17, 1995 in
parent Application No. 08/502,979.
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