Appeal No. 2006-0190
Application No. 10/113,567
wherein angles of inclination of the edge lines, which
severally connect the convex flexion points and the concave
flexion points between the zigzag shapes on the tread face
side and the bottom side facing one another, with respect to
a direction of diameter of the tire are set in a range from
10o to 35o when the edge lines are projected onto a plane
orthogonal to a direction extending from the sipe.
THE REFERENCES
Maük et al. (Maük) 4,566,514 Jan. 28, 1986
Kleinhoff et al. US 2002/0053383 A1 May 9, 2002
(Kleinhoff) (filed Mar. 24, 1999)
Katayama 6,427,737 Aug. 6, 2002
(filed Apr. 21, 1999)
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 and 3-5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly
point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the
appellant regards as the invention, and under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being obvious over Maük in view of Katayama and optionally
further in view of Kleinhoff.1
1 JP 6-48123, which the examiner optionally relied upon in
the final rejection (page 3) as an alternative to Kleinhoff, is
not included in the statement of the rejection in the examiner’s
answer. Hence, we consider the examiner’s reliance upon
JP 6-48123 to be withdrawn.
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