Appeal No. 2005-0993 Page 2
Application No. 10/056,156
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a brake shoe assembly, and more particularly
to a plurality of radial apertures which provide a moisture escape path (specification, p.
1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's
brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Strebinger 2,875,859 Mar. 3, 1959
Blatter et al. (Blatter) 3,862,675 Jan. 28, 1975
Young 5,261,512 Nov. 16, 1993
Claims 1 to 3 and 5 to 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Blatter.
Claims 1, 5 and 9 to 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Strebinger.
Claims 4 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Strebinger in view of Young.
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