Appeal No. 1999-1785
Application No. 08/512,656
1997 (Paper No. 10). Claims 21 through 34 are withdrawn from
consideration as drawn to non-elected inventions. Claims 1
through 9 and 16 are allowed. Claims 10, 13 and 14 have been
canceled.
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to an improved bearing
assembly. An understanding of the invention can be derived
from a reading of exemplary claim 11, which appears as
follows:
11. An improved bearing comprising:
(1) an internal member;
(2) an external member disposed upon said internal
member, said external member and said internal
member forming a seat for at least one seal member
between said external member and said internal
member for sealing between said external member and
said internal member, at least a portion of one of
said members extending beyond at least a portion of
the other of said members thereby forming said seat.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
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