Appeal No. 1999-1499
Application No. 08/764,736
the examiner's rejection of independent claim 1 and claims 3
through 10 dependent thereon under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Borg-Warner in view of Dutkiewicz.
We turn now to the examiner's rejection of independent
claim 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Borg-Warner in view of Dutkiewicz. Independent claim 11
differs from claim 1 in that it defines a universal joint
assembly comprising a first universal joint subassembly and a
second universal joint subassembly. The details of the
universal joint assembly are defined in the same manner as
that set forth in claim 1. However, it is apparent that claim
11 is broader than claim 1, in that claim 11 does not limit
the locator finger to be integral with and located between the
bracket arms of the second yoke. Nor, does claim 11 require
that the finger transmit rotation from the second yoke
directly to the wings of the second bearings. In that regard,
claim 11, lines 20 and 21 recite:
said wing bearing cups being closed at an outer
surface, and a finger from said [second yoke] being
received in a depression in said outer surface.
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