Appeal No. 96-2094
Application 08/282,783
12. A brake control apparatus for a bicycle comprising:
a lever axis;
a control cable;
a control lever pivotable about the lever axis between a
stroke start position and a stroke end position;
a guide cam surface; and
a cable connector coupled to the control cable and
disposed within the guide cam surface, wherein the guide cam
surface is arranged so that a distance between the cable
connector and the lever axis decreases and then increases as
the control lever moves between the stroke start end and the
stroke finish end.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner in
support of rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) and 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 are:
Bourret 4,889,610 Feb. 13, 1990
Leleu 3 1,210,326 Mar. 8, 1960
(French Patent Document)
connector” should be changed to “the cable connecting
portion,” again for consistency with the terminology employed
earlier in that claim. While these minor errors do not
obscure the metes and bounds of the claims, correction thereof
is recommend in the event of further prosecution.
3Our understanding of this foreign language reference is
derived from a translation prepared in the Patent and
Trademark Office. A copy of that translation is attached to
this decision.
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