Appeal No. 2000-1635
Application 08/987,236
examiner is correct in his argument that
Patzelt et al. shows the displacement control means 5
applying a pressing force to the brake pedal 10 because
the deflecting lance 16, which is pressed against the
lateral wall of the displacement control means 5 during a
frontal crash, is [an] integral (welded) part of the
pedal 10 as described in column 3 lines 54-59 [answer,
page 4],
Patzelt does not meet the above-quoted limitation of claims
1 and 12 because lance 16 is located at the rotation shaft 9
(see Fig. 3), rather than between the rotation shaft 9 and the
tread at the lower end of the pedal 10. Since Patzelt does
not meet this limitation of claims 1 and 12, those claims, and
consequently dependent claims 7 to 11 and 13 to 18, are not
anticipated.
The examiner’s decision to reject claims 1 and 7 to 18 is
reversed.
REVERSED
IAN A. CALVERT )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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