Appeal No. 97-1758 Page 13
Application No. 08/326,721
He characterizes Jadrich as follows.
Jadrich discloses a flexure member coupled to a nut
assembly to provide uniform motion to a carriage
along the worm screw axis and permitting horizontal
movements of the carriage without permitting motion
along the worm screw axis (col. 3, lines 32-42 and
Fig. 2). It is noted that a motion along the screw
axis would be a rotational motion. (Id. at 10)
He concludes that it would have been obvious to connect a
flexure as disclosed by Jadrich to the nut assembly disclosed
by Dimitri and Fago “to prevent unwanted displacement of the
carriage along the worm screw. . . .” (Id. at 10-11.) In
response the appellant notes, “Jadrich will perform a function
which the present flexure is specifically designed to prevent,
i.e.,
rotational movement between the two connected elements.”
(Appeal Br. at 23.)
We find that Jadrich separately or in combination with
Dimitri and Fago fails to suggest the flexure of claim 9. The
claim recites in pertinent part “a flexure coupled between the
nut assembly and the carriage, the flexure providing for
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