Appeal No. 1999-0195
Application 08/507,424
Cone, claim 1 is anticipated by Cone.
Claim 16 is rejected 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph.
In order to satisfy the second paragraph of § 112, a claim
must accurately define the claimed subject matter in the
technical sense. See In re Knowlton, 481 F.2d 1357, 1365, 178
USPQ 486, 492 (CCPA 1973).
Claim 14, from which claim 16 depends, requires that the
wheel block be mounted “for substantially linear movement”
relative to the carriage in a direction substantially
perpendicular to the lengthwise direction of the guide.
Clearly, this claim language is readable on the embodiment of
Figure 4, where the wheel block 26 slides linearly in and out
of block carrier 36 in a direction substantially perpendicular
to the lengthwise direction of guide member 27. On the other
hand, dependent claim 16 requires that the wheel block be
mounted on a carrier that is “pivotally mounted” to said
carriage. Appellants’ Figure 2 embodiment is illustrative of
a device for blocking wheels wherein the wheel block 6 is
pivotally mounted to the carriage 9. In our opinion, a wheel
block like that of appellants’ Figure 2 that is “pivotally
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