Appeal No. 98-1455 Page 6
Application No. 08/625,936
only that the claims on appeal "read on" something disclosed
in the reference (see Kalman v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d
760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied,
465 U.S. 1026 (1984)).
Claims 16 is drawn to a linkage member, per se, for
welded attachment to an elongate torsion member. The linkage
member comprises, inter alia, a unitary body and a collar
means. The collar means includes an integrally formed
extruded flange extending outwardly from the body. Dependent
claim 17 adds to parent claim 16 the limitation that the
flange is "capable of having a wall thickness between about
50% and about 150% of a wall thickness of a torsion member."
From our perspective, claims 16 and 17 are anticipated by
De Rose. De Rose (see Figures 13-17) clearly shows a member
101 (i.e., a linkage member) mounted on a shaft 96 (i.e., a
torsion member). The member 101 comprises spaced side plates
102 (one of which can be considered to be a unitary body)
connected at a common hub 103 (i.e., a collar means). As
shown in Figure 17, the hub 103 has a flange extending to the
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