Appeal No. 97-1025
Application No. 08/183,571
out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the appellant
regards as the invention, for the reasons set forth below.
Claim 35 recites a transportation device comprising, inter
alia, a steering wheel, a gripping member and a connecting
member. As disclosed, the gripping member and the connecting
member recited in claim 35 form the steering wheel already
recited in claim 35. Thus, it appears that the appellant has
claimed the same element or elements twice. Consequently, claim
35 is rendered indefinite by the double inclusion of the same
element or elements. See Ex parte Kristensen, 10 USPQ2d 1701,5
1703 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int. 1989).
Obviousness
Claim 4 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Ahrens in view of Niemeyer, for the reasons set
forth below.
Ahrens discloses a steering wheel including, inter alia, a
hub 1, a rim 2 and a spoke 3. As shown in the Figure, the rim 2
5The appellant's attention is directed to claim 23 wherein
this double inclusion was avoided.
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