Appeal 2007-0550
Application 10.763,714
pending claims. We have jurisdiction over this appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 6
(2002).
THE INVENTION
Appellants' claimed invention is directed to a trailer wheel assembly
including an inboard brake (Specification 1). Claim 1 is representative of
the claimed invention and reads as follows:
1. An axle assembly for a vehicle comprising:
an axle shaft having a first end and a second
end, said axle shaft mounted for rotation within a
housing, said first end and said second end
extending outside of said housing;
a hub fixed to said first end of said axle
shaft; and
a brake assembly including a rotor disposed
outside of said housing and attached to said axle
shaft adjacent said second end, wherein said
second end is spaced apart from said hub a first
length greater than an axial length of said housing.
THE REJECTIONS
The Examiner relies upon the following as evidence of
unpatentability:
Anderson US 4,583,609 Apr. 22, 1986
Inoue US 2002/0028721 A1 Mar. 07, 2002
Seki US 2003/0136613 A1 Jul. 24, 2003
Attinger (as translated)1 CH 663 387 A5 Dec. 15, 1987
1 While we, like Appellants (Appeal Br. 5-6), find it difficult to understand
why the Examiner waited until mailing of the first Answer (mailed March 2,
2006, superseded by the Answer mailed July 11, 2006) to provide a
2
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