Appeal No. 1998-0106
Application No. 08/377,753
arrive at the invention defined in claim 15 (see pages 17-
18 of the corrected brief).
We have carefully considered the issues raised in this
appeal together with the examiner=s remarks and appellants=
arguments. As a result, we conclude that the rejection of
the appealed claims cannot be sustained. Our reasons for
this determination follow.
The Schlecher patent discloses a universal joint
coupling which is generally similar to appellants= coupling.
This reference, however, lacks a disclosure of the
following features in appealed claim 15:
1. The recitation in the third from the last clause of
claim 15 that the spherical cup of force transmitting pair
of members, which is subject to a higher load, is joined to
the outer gear ring by means that ensures that only one
position of the spherical cup relative to the outer gear
ring is possible upon initial assembly and upon reassembly
after a disassembly; and
2. The recitation in the penultimate clause of claim
15 that the teeth and gaps of the inner and outer gear
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