Appeal No. 2004-1895 Application No. 09/681,515 As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the documents listed below: Lowe 805,740 Nov. 28, 1905 Thornton 3,362,258 Jan. 9, 1968 Mimura 5,897,453 Apr. 27, 1999 SKF 1,371,060 Oct. 23, 1974 (Great Britain) The following rejections are before us for review. Claims 1 through 5, 7, 10 through 12, 14 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Lowe in of SKF. Claims 6, 15, 17 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Lowe in view of SKF, as applied to claims 1 and 10 above, further in view of Mimura. Claims 8, 9, 13, 19 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Lowe in view of SKF, as applied to claims 1 and 10 above, further in view of Thornton. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007