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                Interference No. 104,316                                                                                                                  
                Sauer Inc. v. Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.                                                                                            

                         6. For efficiency purposes, the parties requested and the administrative patent judge                                            
                approved that the parties would submit exhibits sufficient in number for only one interference                                            
                and that papers in all related interferences would make reference to the same set of exhibits.                                            
                         7. In this interference, the sole count is stated in the Notice Declaring Interference                                           
                (Paper No. 1) as Sauer's claim I or Kanzaki's claim 12.                                                                                   
                         8. Sauer's claim I reads as follows:                                                                                             
                                 A center section for separate mounting within the housing of an integrated                                               
                        hydrostatic transaxle comprising,                                                                                                 
                                 a generally L-shaped member having first and second hydrostatic unit                                                     
                        mounting surfaces thereon disposed at right angles to each other,                                                                 
                                 at least a pair of fluid ports in each of said mounting surfaces,                                                        
                                 and internal passageways in said L-shaped member connecting at least one                                                 
                        of said fluid ports on one of said mounting surfaces with at least one of said fluid                                              
                        ports on the other of said mounting surfaces,                                                                                     
                                 said L-shaped member comprising first and second legs internallyjoined                                                   
                        and extending at right angles to each other,                                                                                      
                                 said first leg having first and second opposite surfaces with said first                                                 
                        mounting surface being located on said first surface,                                                                             
                                 said second leg having a first surface extending at right angles from the                                                
                        first surface of said first leg, and a second surface opposite to the first surface of                                            
                        said second leg with the other of said mounting surfaces being on said second                                                     
                        surface of said second leg.                                                                                                       





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