Appeal No. 2006-0523 Παγε 2
Application No. 10/282,658
The appellant's invention relates to a shock absorber having a check valve
damping adjustment (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth
in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The Prior Art
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Silberstein 4,874,066 Oct. 17, 1989
Spiess et al. (Spiess) 5,085,299 Feb. 4, 1992
Jenni 674,251 May 15, 1990
(Swiss Patent Document)
Shimoda et al. (Shimoda) 2001-099338 Apr. 10, 2001
(Japanese Patent Document)
The Rejections
Claims 9, 10, 12, 14 to 16, 18 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Spiess in view of Jenni.
Claim 15 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Spiess in view of Jenni and Shimoda.
Claims 21 to 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable in
view of Jenni in view of Shimoda.
Claims 27 to 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Silberstein in view of Jenni.
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