Appeal No. 95-4371
Application No. 08/064,440
sense that they extend in different directions from each other
like the branches of a Y (see Webster’s Third New
International Dictionary (G. & C. Merriam Company, 1971)).
Thus, we will also sustain the § 102(b) rejection of claim 5
inasmuch as the subject matter encompassed by this claim is
also anticipated by Feighofen.
In addition, we will sustain the § 102(b) rejection of
dependent claim 7. Contrary to appellant’s argument on pages
11 and 12 of the main brief, the space between Feighofen’s
central filler member and each clamping plate is a channel,
such that two channels are formed in Feighofen’s connecting
structure for receiving the belt end portions b. The open
flanks of these channels are clearly capable of enabling the
belt end portions to be slipped into and out of the unit which
is all that is required to meet the terms of claim 7. See,
inter alia, Standard Havens Products, Inc. v. Gencor
Industries, Inc., 953 F.2d 1360, 1370, 21 USPQ2d 1321, 1328-
29 (Fed. Cir. 1991).
We will also sustain the § 102(b) rejection of claims 3
and 4 because these claims have not been argued separately of
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