Appeal No. 2001-0735 Page 3
Application No. 09/135,390
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to vacuum pumps. A
copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix
to the appellants' brief.
The prior art of record relied upon by the examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims is:
Osada et al. (Osada) 5,222,878 June 29,
1993
The appellants' admission of prior art (specification, page 1,
line 17 to page 3, line 8; Figures 1-2) relating to a vacuum
unit (Admitted Prior Art).
Claims 1, 2 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over the Admitted Prior Art in view of
Osada.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 11,
mailed September 19, 2000) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper
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