Appeal Number: 2006-1289
Application Number: 10/147,320
The appellants’ invention relates to a gear-changing device for a motor-vehicle.
An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of the claims
which are appended to the brief.
PRIOR ART
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Brock 5,400,673 Mar. 28, 1995
Neubert et al. (Neubert) 5,529,424 Jun. 25, 1996
Hager DE 29703980 May 28, 1997
REJECTIONS
Claims 4, 5, and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Brock in view of Hager.
Claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Brock in view of Hager and further in view of Neubert.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the
examiner's answer (mailed November 22, 2004) for the reasoning in support of the
rejection, and to appellants’ brief (filed July 21, 2004) for the arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
appellants’ specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
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