Appeal No. 1999-2327
Application No. 08/168,235
Appellants’ disclosed invention pertains to a torque
limiting clutch and output shaft assembly. A basic
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claim 1, a copy of which appears in the APPENDIX
to the brief (Paper No. 15).1
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:
Entrup 4,445,876 May 1,
1984
Heidenreich et al. 5,002,517 Mar. 26,
1991
(Heidenreich ‘517)
Kohler et al. 5,119,995 Jun. 9,
1992
(Kohler)
Heidenreich et al. 5,295,909 Mar. 22,
1994
(Heidenreich ‘909) (filed May 1,
1992)
The following rejection is before us for review.
1In claim 1, line 18 after “said output hub” (first
occurrence) apparently a --,-- has been omitted. This
informality should be taken care of during any further
prosecution before the examiner.
2
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