Appeal No. 2000-0203
Application No. 08/924,099
35 and is placed above the base portion 33. The
pressure regulation plate 32 does not directly nor
indirectly lay over the flange 35 [column 2, line
50, through column 3, line 12].
It is not disputed that Udagawa’s gasket responds to all
of the limitations in claim 1 except for those relating to the
auxiliary sealing member. The Udagawa gasket has no such
member. Jelinek discloses a sealing gasket construction
that can be used, for example, between the cylinder head and
cylinder block of an internal combustion engine. In general,
the construction “comprises a part of relatively rigid
material, such as metal or plastic, and a part of relatively
readily deformable material such as rubber or other
elastomeric material” (column 1, lines 50 through 53). The
part of relatively rigid material takes the form of a plate
having recesses therein for receiving the parts of relatively
readily deformable material which fill the recesses and
project upwardly therefrom so as to be deformed into sealing
engagement with an opposing surface when the joint containing
the gasket is tightened.
In proposing to combine Udagawa and Jelinek to reject
claim 1, the examiner concludes that it would have been
obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time the
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