Appeal No. 2001-0025
Application No. 08/751,980
a plurality of pins connecting the friction
rings together, said
friction rings being
connected together only
by said plurality of
pins,
said pins each having a thickened center
part serving to space the friction rings
from one another and respective end parts
secured in respective bores in the friction
rings by a heating process.
It is worthy of noting at this point that in our
obviousness evaluation of the content of claim 9, relative to
the collective teachings of JP ‘237 and Goodyear, we have
weighed declarant Martin’s stated perceptions of the applied
prior art as set forth in the declaration (paragraphs 8
through 12).
In applying the test for obviousness,4 we reach the
conclusion it would have been obvious to one having ordinary
4 The test for obviousness is what the combined teachings
of references would have suggested to one of ordinary skill in
the art. See In re Young, 927 F.2d 588, 591, 18 USPQ2d 1089,
1091 (Fed. Cir. 1991) and In re Keller, 642 F.2d 413, 425, 208
USPQ 871, 881 (CCPA 1981).
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