Appeal No. 2004-1553
Application No. 09/915,631
utilized by a control device to adjust the damping
characteristics of the mount. A further understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1 and
19.
The sole reference applied by the examiner in the final
rejection is:
Yamakado et al. (Yamakado) 5,726,886 Mar. 10, 1998
Claims 1-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Yamakado.
Reference is made to appellants’ main and reply briefs
(Paper Nos. 7 and 9) and to the examiner’s final rejection and
answer (Paper Nos. 5 and 8) for the respective positions of
appellants and the examiner regarding the merits of this
rejection.
Discussion
Independent claims 1 and 10 are directed to a mount for a
powertrain component of a motor vehicle comprising, among other
things, a first plate “connected to” one of the powertrain
component or a frame of the motor vehicle, and a second plate
“connected to” the other of the powertrain component or the frame
of the motor vehicle.
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