Appeal No. 2006-0042 Παγε 2
Application No. 10/411,438
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a vehicle steering assembly, and more
particularly, to a joint formed between a steering knuckle and a tie rod end
(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:
Latzen 2,771,300 Nov. 20, 1956
McAfee 4,162,859 July 31, 1979
Schmidt US 2002/0012567 A1 Jan. 31, 2002
Claims 1 to 12 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Latzen in view of Schmidt.
Claims 13 to 18 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Latzen in view of Schmidt and McAfee.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(mailed May 6, 2005) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections,
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