Appeal 2006-2880
Application 10/226,387
BACKGROUND
The Appellant's invention relates to a clutch housing assembly
(Specification 1). Claim 23, reproduced below, is representative of the subject
matter on appeal. A copy of all of the claims can be found in the appendix to the
Appellant’s Brief.
23. A housing for use as a vehicle driveline component,
comprising:
a sidewall establishing an open end of the housing, the
sidewall having a plurality of spaced splines and a
strengthening member near the open end that is formed of the
sidewall material having a folded over portion that is at least
partially aligned with and adjacent the sidewall, an inner
surface of the sidewall near the open end extending
continuously and uninterrupted onto the strengthening member
and establishing at least one surface of the strengthening
member.
The Examiner relies upon the following as evidence of unpatentability:
Maruki US 5,934,126 Aug. 10, 1999
The Appellant seeks our review of the Examiner’s rejection of claims 23-28
and 30 under 35 USC § 102(b) as anticipated by Maruki.
Rather than reiterate in detail the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the
Examiner and the Appellant regarding this appeal, we make reference to the
Examiner's Answer (mailed April 7, 2006) for the Examiner's complete reasoning
in support of the rejection and to the Appellant's Brief (filed August 18, 2005) and
Reply Brief (filed January 3, 2006) for the Appellant's arguments.
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