Appeal No. 95-4371
Application No. 08/064,440
is confined between the central filler member and an adjacent
clamping plate. The connecting screw cooperates with a pair of
nuts to secure the belt ends in place. In the embodiment of
Figure 1, the narrow side of the V-belt is shown to have a
series of projections resembling teeth of uniform pitch. These
projections are described on page 5 of the accompanying
translation as defining a “waved contour” which interlock with
a corresponding configuration on the central filler member.
In support of patentability, appellant argues on page 10
of the main brief that Feighofen does not disclose that the
waved contours or profiles on the belt “function as teeth for
driving the belt.” Instead, appellant contends that the waved
profiles simply function to impart “flexibility to the belt.”
In further support of his position, appellant argues on
page 11 of the main brief that Feighofen “does not, therefore,
disclose a toothed belt, [sic] or, accordingly a unit fastened
on a toothed belt that retains belt teeth in adjacent portions
one [sic] either side of the unit as a whole multiple of the
pitch of successive teeth of each belt portion.” In addition,
appellant further contends on page 11 of the main brief that
Feighofen “does not disclose or suggest a device that
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