Appeal No. 1998-1263
Application No. 08/351,993
The fifth rejection
We do not sustain the rejection of claim 23 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Chamberlain in view of Guichard
and Luedtke.
Claim 23, dependent from claim 10, adds the feature of the
first rigid disk being coupled to a torque tube but not to a
steel pressure plate.
Irrespective of the teachings of Guichard and Luedtke, as
proposed to be applied by the examiner, the fact remains that
Chamberlain's teaching is deficient and does not respond to all
of the limitations of independent claim 10, as determined above.
The sixth rejection
We do not sustain the rejection of claim 18 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Chamberlain in view of Stanton.
The claim at issue depends from independent claim 10 and
addresses a wear indicating feature.
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