Appeal No. 1999-0721
Application No. 08/683,826
various unrelated and disparate teachings of the Bauer and
Taylor or Winter patents in an attempt to arrive at the
claimed subject matter. In this regard, we consider that the
examiner’s proposed modifications of the particular method of
forming the flat friction ring structure of Bauer in view of
either of the methods disclosed in Taylor or Winter for making
a gear or pulley are
based on hindsight reconstruction of the claimed subject
matter using appellants’ own teachings and disclosure. In
addition, we note that the examiner’s proposed modification of
Bauer, i.e., by
eliminating the connecting rims (8) of Bauer in favor of the
strips seen in Taylor or Winter, would destroy the capability
of the Bauer reference to form a flat friction ring like that
seen in Figure 2 of Bauer where there are continuous oil
grooves (4) that are open at both ends. As for the examiner’s
treatment of claim 6 on appeal, we are in agreement with
appellant’s arguments set forth in the paragraph bridging
pages 13-14 of the brief.
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