Appeal No. 2006-0833
Application No. 10/297,832
The appellants’ invention relates to a rolling element bearing (specification, p. 1).
A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants’ brief.
THE PRIOR ART
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Akamatsu et al. (Akamatsu ‘947) 5,642,947 Jul. 1, 1997
Akamatsu et al. (Akamatsu ‘672) 5,967,672 Oct. 19, 1999
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a) as being
anticipated by Akamatsu ‘947.
Claims 4 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §102(a) as being anticipated by
Akamatsu ‘672.
Claim 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103 as being unpatentable over
Akamatsu ‘947 and further in view of engineering design choice.
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 August 25, 2005) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to the brief (filed June 6, 2005) and reply brief (filed October 25, 2005)
for the appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
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