Appeal No. 2001-0025
Application No. 08/751,980
skill in the art, from a combined consideration of the applied
teachings, to fabricate the two annular disks (rings) 8A, 8B of
JP ‘237 (Figs. 1 through 3) from a carbon group material
following the suggestion therefor that would have been derived
from the teaching of Goodyear (page 2, lines 11 through 16).
This conclusion is buttressed by the express disclosure in the
JP ‘237 document itself of the alternative of “carbon fiber”
for the two annular disks (translation, page 6, lines 7 and
8). As so modified, we appreciate the resulting brake disk
plate of JP ‘237 as being responsive to the structure of the
brake disk set forth in claim 9.
The argument advanced by appellant in the brief and the
statements of declarant Martin simply do not persuade us that
the examiner erred in rejecting claim 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Appellant argues (brief, page 6) that the examiner’s
understanding of the JP ‘327 is not correct in the assertion
that the rings (disks) are connected only by way of pins
(hollow rivets). As appellant sees it, the disks of JP ‘327
are connected together by “both hollow rivets 11 and legs 2-
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