Appeal No. 1999-1533 Page 2
Application No. 08/666,948
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an assembled part in
an automated assembly line (specification, p. 1). A copy of
the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Lachaussee 4,170,284 Oct. 9,
1979
Mizuta et al. (Mizuta) 5,293,680 Mar. 15,
1994
Hollis et al. (Hollis) 5,579,885 Dec. 3,
1996
(filed June 17, 1993)
Claims 1, 2, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18 and 19 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Lachaussee or
Mizuta.
Claims 18 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Mizuta.
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