Appeal No. 1999-1050 Page 7
Application No. 08/440,458
as were expressed above with regard to claim 1. The rejection of claims 11 and 13-15 on
the basis of Csák is not sustained.
The Rejection on the Basis of Csák and Fukahori
Claim 15 also stands rejected on the basis of these two references. This claim
adds to claim 11 (through claim 13) the requirement that there be two elastomer layers
having different damping properties. The fact that Fukahori teaches "it is known to
construct a support system with layers of rigid and flexible plates . . . with different damping
properties" (Answer, page 5) does not overcome the problems with Csák, the primary
reference, which were discussed above. Therefore, the rejection is not sustained.
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