Appeal No. 2001-2377 Page 2
Application No. 08/967,023
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a brake band. An understanding of the invention
can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which has been reproduced on page
3 of this opinion.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Oyanagi 5,076,882 Dec. 31, 1991
Nakagomi et al. (Nakagomi) 5,467,849 Nov. 21, 1995
Claims 1-3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Nakagomi in view of Oyanagi.1
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. 16) and the final rejection (Paper No. 7) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejection, and to the Brief (Paper No. 15) for the appellants’ arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the
appellants’ specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
1An amendment after the final rejection resulted in the examiner withdrawing a
rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph.
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