Appeal No. 1999-1876
Application No. 08/626,488
The claims on appeal are drawn to a method for manufacturing
a ball joint, and are reproduced in the appendix of appellant's
brief.
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Jensen et al. (Jensen) 4,264,001 Apr. 28, 1981
Ueno et al. (Ueno) 5,352,059 Oct. 4, 1994
Donnellan et al. (Donnellan) 976,410 Nov. 25, 1964
(British Patent)
Parker 1,121,004 Jul. 24, 1968
(British Patent)
Kobayashi 52-032657 Aug. 23, 19771
(Japanese Application)
The appealed claims stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) on the following grounds:
(1) Claims 10, 12 and 15, unpatentable over Parker or Donnellan
in view of Ueno;
(2) Claim 13, unpatentable over Parker or Donnellan in view of
Jensen;
(3) Claim 14, unpatentable over Parker or Donnellan in view of
Kobayashi.
Rejection Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)
Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b), claims 10 and 12 to 15 are
rejected as being unpatentable for failure to comply with the
1 A translation of this reference, prepared for the USPTO, is
enclosed herewith.
2
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