Appeal No. 96-0162
Application 08/030,806
Claims 1 and 7-12 and 14-17 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Mayerjak.
Rather than reiterate the entire arguments of the
appellant and the examiner in support of their respective
positions, reference is made to the Appellant’s Brief (Paper No.
9) and the Examiner’s Answer (Paper No. 11) for the full
exposition thereof.
OPINION
In reaching our conclusions on the issues raised in
this appeal, we have carefully considered appellant’s
specification and claims, the applied references and the
respective viewpoints advanced by the appellant and the examiner.
As a consequence of our review, we have made the determinations
which follow.
Appellant’s claimed subject matter is a flexible
coupling for connecting a driving and a driven rotary member.
The coupling includes a first connecting means for connecting the
coupling to the driving member and a second connecting means for
connecting the coupling to the driven member. There is also
included a rectangular flex frame connected between the first
connecting means and the second connecting means which includes
four legs, which in accordance with claim 1 from which all of the
other claims depend have:
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