Appeal No. 97-4079
Application No. 08/310,592
§ 1.142(b) as being drawn to nonelected species.
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a system for
transmitting power and motion. According to the appellant,
"[t]he appealed claims stand together” (brief, page 3).
Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7), we understand this to mean
that for each ground of rejection, the grouped claims stand or
fall together.
Therefore, for purposes of this appeal, we will limit our
discussion to the broadest claim on appeal, selected claim 1,
which is reproduced below:
1. A system for transmitting power and motion comprising:
at least two means for transmitting power and motion, a first
means and a second means, wherein said first means comprises a
polyketone polymer and communicates power and motion to said
second means, comprising a polyketone polymer; wherein said
system can communicate power and motion to the point of the
mechanical failure of either said first or said second means.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Nadal 4,037,483 July 26, 1977
Sahler 5,194,031 Mar. 16, 1993
Kastelic et al. (Kastelic) 5,242,966 Sept. 7, 1993
The following rejections are before us for review:
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