Appeal No. 2001-0302
Application No. 08/635,614
steering device having a torque limiter fitted between the
steering shaft (3c, 3d) and the drive gear (10) of the motor. A
copy of the appealed claims can be found in the Appendix to
appellants’ main brief.1
The references of record relied upon by the examiner as
evidence of anticipation and obviousness are:
Ito et al. (Ito) 4,901,831 Feb. 20, 1990
Takaoka et al. (Takaoka) 5,482,128 Jan. 9, 1996
Wehr2 DE 916,370 Aug. 9, 1954
(published German Patent Application)
Parker et al. (Parker), Materials and Methods of Architectural
Construction, pp. 326-27 (3rd Ed., 1958).
Milby, Plastics Technology, pp. 486-89 (McGraw-Hill Book Co., New
York, 1973).
Each of appealed claims 1, 6 and 8 have been finally
rejected as follows:
(a) under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, “as being
indefinite” (answer, page 6);
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1The Appendix to the main brief also includes claims 2, 3, 5,
7 and 9, which, as noted above, have been withdrawn from
consideration pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.142(b).
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2Our understanding of this German language reference is derived
from a translation prepared in the Patent and Trademark Office.
A copy of said translation is attached to this decision.
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