Appeal No. 2004-1076 Page 2
Application No. 09/684,893
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to an oil pan and transfer case housing
assembly (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the
appendix to the appellant's brief.
Claims 1, 6 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Japanese Published Unexamined Patent Application No. 03-043626 to Kondoo et
al.1 (Kondoo) in view of U.S. Patent No. 5,941,136 to Kusukawa et al.2 (Kusukawa).
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 16, mailed September 9, 2003) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 15, filed February 13, 2003) and
reply brief (Paper No. 18, filed November 10, 2003) for the appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
1 Published February 25, 1991. In determining the teachings of Kondoo, we will rely on the
translation of record provided by the USPTO.
2 Issued August 24, 1999.
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