Appeal No. 1998-1263
Application No. 08/351,993
Du Bois reference. Therefore, the ninth rejection cannot be
sustained.
The tenth rejection
We do not sustain the rejection of claims 19 and 20 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Du Bois in view of
Fisher.
Dependent claims 19 and 20, respectively, provide for
friction pads on stator and rotor discs.
The applied Fisher patent (column 2, lines 53 through 60)
teaches friction facings on rotor and stator members, but clearly
fails to cure the earlier described deficiency of the Du Bois
patent. Thus, the tenth rejection cannot be sustained.
The eleventh rejection
We do not sustain the rejection of claims 23 and 24 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Du Bois.
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