Appeal 2007-1914
Application 10/378,641
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
The Appellant seeks our review under 35 U.S.C. § 134 of the final rejection
of claims 1, 2, 15-17, 23-28, 30, 31, 33-41, 43-52, 54-58, 61, 62, 65, 66, 70-73,
75-77, 79, and 81-92.1 We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b) (2002).
SUMMARY OF DECISION
We AFFIRM-IN-PART.
THE INVENTION
The Appellant’s invention is to a link assembly for a vehicle suspension
system (Specification 1:6-7). Claims 1 and 81, reproduced below, are
representative of the subject matter on appeal.
1. A link assembly for a vehicle suspension system
comprising:
a) a stud shaft provided with a threaded section and a torque
transmitter;
b) a first and a second sleeve nut threaded onto the stud
shaft; and
c) a grommet seated on each of the sleeve nuts to form first
and second sleeve nut and grommet sub-assemblies.
1 The Examiner withdrew rejections of claim 78 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, claims 1, 18, 22, 69, and 83 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by
Borst, claims 21, 58, 59, 67, and 68 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over
Borst, and claims 1, 2, and 18-20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over
Nickerson and Schwartz (Answer 2-3). As such, claims 18-22, 59, 67-69, and 78
have no outstanding rejections. Claims 14, 29, 32, 42, 53, 60, 63, 64, 74, and 80
have been objected to, and claims 3-13 have been canceled.
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