Appeal No. 1996-3058
Application 08/192,520
“0" at gear 4L and changes to “1"
at about the 9 o’clock position
on contact plate 61 (near gear 4H
-- not at gear 2H). The state
measured by contact 223D is “0"
at gear 4L and changes to “1"
almost immediately (not at gear
2H). The state measured by
contact 223E is “1" at gear 4L
and changes to “0" at about 9
o’clock (near gear 4H -- not at
gear 2H). The state measured by
contact 223F is “1" at gear 4L
and changes to “0" almost
immediately (not at gear 2H).
Note that Claim 1 of the present application has
the
following limitation:
... wherein upon movement from
any first said gear to any second
said gear, one said state remains
constant from said first gear and
changes only upon arrival at said
second gear...(emphasis added)
The above discussion of the
states encountered upon movement
from gear 4L to gear 2H in Figure
5 of Welch et al. demonstrates
that the just-recited limitation
from Claim 1 is not present in
the Figure 5 embodiment of Welch
et al. No state remains constant
upon moving from gear 4L and
changes only upon arrival at gear
2H. Thus, the just-recited
limitation from Claim 1 is not
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