Appeal No. 2005-2108 Page 2
Application No. 10/360,982
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a suspension damper with rebound cut-off for
use in a vehicle suspension system and, more particularly, to a suspension damper with
a hydraulic rebound cut-off feature that provides a hydraulically cushioned stop at an
end of rebound travel in the damper (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Curnutt 4,126,302 Nov. 21, 1978
Neff 4,828,237 May 9, 1989
Ivers et al. (Ivers) 6,158,470 Dec. 12, 2000
Claims 1, 2, 4 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Curnutt.
Claim 7 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Curnutt in view of Neff.
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