Appeal No. 97-4079
Application No. 08/310,592
"one can comprise a system of pinion and spur gears for
transmitting motion and power wherein both are comprised of
polyketone polymer" (page 7, lines 5-7). Appellant goes on to
state that "[i]t is this aspect of the invention comprising a
system of means for transmitting power and motion in which two
such means are in direct communication with each other that is
most extraordinary" (page 7, line 12-14). See, also, page 8,
lines 1-6. The specification also contains test results
comparing two polyketone gears in direct communication with
each other to a first pair of gears made of nylon and to a
second pair of gears made of an acetal copolymer (pages 11-
14).
Based on the description of the first and second means in
the appellant's specification, we conclude that the phrase
"said first means . . . communicates power and motion to said
second means" requires direct communication between the first
and second means. This interpretation of the language found
in claim 1 is consistent with the appellant's description of
the invention in his brief (brief, page 2) and with the
appellant's arguments (brief, pages 3-6).
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