Appeal No. 1999-0721
Application No. 08/683,826
canceled.
Appellants’ invention is directed to a method of
manufacturing a flat friction ring. Claim 5 is representative
of the subject matter on appeal and a copy of that claim
appears in the Appendix to appellants’ brief.
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
Taylor 2,037,440 Apr. 14, 1936
Winter 2,046,988 Jul. 07, 1936
Nels 4,260,047 Apr. 07,
1981
Bauer 4,878,282 Nov. 07, 1989
Claims 5 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Bauer in view of Taylor or Winter.
Claims 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Bauer in view of Taylor or Winter as
applied above and further in view of Nels.
Reference is made to the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 14,
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