Appeal No. 97-4079
Application No. 08/310,592
(1) Claims 1 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Nadal in view of Kastelic.
(2) Claims 1 through 3, 5 and 14 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Sahler in view of
Kastelic.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 19, mailed May 28, 1997) and to the appellant's brief
(Paper No. 16, filed April 14, 1997) for the appellant's
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
a. Interpretation of the Claims
Claim 1 calls for, inter alia, "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."
Based on the appellant’s use of the term "means" in
combination with the function "for transmitting power and
motion" and the lack of any structure linked to the term
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