Appeal No. 1999-2087
Application No. 08/595,449
(Paper No. 40), the examiner has indicated that the rejections
of claims 21, 23 through 25, 27 and 28 have been withdrawn and
that claims 21 and 23 through 25 are now allowed and that
claims 27 and 28 contain allowable subject matter. During the
telephonic oral hearing, counsel for the appellants withdrew
the appeal with respect to claims 16, 18 and 26. Accordingly,
the appeal with respect to claims 16, 18, 21 and 23 through 28
is dismissed. Claims 1, 3 through 5, 17 and 19 remain on
appeal.
We AFFIRM.
The subject matter on appeal is directed to an
electrically power assisted bicycle. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1,
which appears in the appendix to the brief (Paper No. 39).
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Davidson et al. (Davidson) 4,085,814 Apr. 25, 1978
Goldenfeld 4,637,274 Jan. 20, 1987
Murphy et al. (Murphy) 5,242,028 Sep. 07, 1993
Sugiura et al. (JA 60-7995) 60-7995 Mar. 19, 19851
1In determining the teachings of JA 60-7995, we will rely
on the translation provided by the PTO. A copy of the
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