Appeal No. 2000-1582
Application 08/697,034
have a mechanical finish on its exterior surface, as required
by claim 1. Since rejections (3) to (6) are of claims which
are dependent on claim 1, and none of the secondary references
applied in these rejections would have rendered obvious the
application of such a
mechanical finish to the Hagiwara bumper (or is cited by the
examiner as evidence thereof), rejections (3) to (6) will not
be sustained.
Rejection (7)
This rejection will not be sustained for the same reasons
as rejection (2) above, since Placek, the additional
reference, does not overcome the deficiencies noted in the
combination of Hagiwara and Matthysse.
REJECTIONS PURSUANT TO 37 CFR 1.196(b)
Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.196(b), we enter the following new
grounds of rejection.
(a) Claims 16 to 19 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over Matthysse in view of Placek. The relevant
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