Appeal No. 1999-2003
Application No. 08/751,545
a protective housing accommodating and protecting the
casing;
a supporting member provided between the casing and the
protective housing for supporting the casing; and
a maintaining member supporting the protective housing,
wherein the supporting member and the maintaining member
have different vibration damping characteristics.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Gatti et al. (Gatti) 4,713,714 Dec. 15, 1987
Hishinuma et al. (Hishinuma) 4,812,932 Mar. 14, 1989
Brissier et al. (Brissier) 4,815,605 Mar. 28, 1989
Schmitz 5,235,482 Aug. 10, 1993
Koyanagi et al. (Koyanagi) 5,491,608 Feb. 13, 1996
Claims 1 through 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 21, and 24 through 26 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Gatti,
Koyanagi, and Hishinuma.
Claim 4 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Gatti, Koyanagi, Hishinuma, and Brissier.
Claim 7 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Gatti, Koyanagi, Hishinuma, and Schmitz.
Reference is made to Final Rejection (Paper No. 10, mailed
March 18, 1998) and the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 15, mailed
January 19, 1999) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to appellants' Brief (Paper No.
14, filed October 19, 1998) and Reply Brief (Paper No. 16, filed
March 19, 1999) for appellants' arguments thereagainst.
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