Appeal No. 2000-0203
Application No. 08/924,099
second metal plate so that the auxiliary sealing member is not
directly exposed to the hole of the engine by means of the
main sealing portion, the thickness of the auxiliary sealing
member being greater than the thicknesses of the flange and
the second metal plate to project outward from the flange and
the second metal plate upon assembly of the gasket so that
when the gasket is tightened, the main sealing portion is
substantially non-resiliently compressed to seal around the
hole and the auxiliary sealing member is strongly compressed
in the annular space defined by the flange and the second
metal plate to resiliently seal around the hole.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Jelinek 3,930,656 Jan. 6, 1976
Udagawa et al. (Udagawa) 5,054,795 Oct. 8, 1991
THE REJECTION
Claims 1, 2, 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Udagawa in view of Jelinek.
Attention is directed to the appellant’s brief (Paper No.
12) and to the examiner’s final rejection and answer (Paper
Nos. 8 and 13) for the respective positions of the appellant
and the examiner with regard to the merits of this rejection.
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