Appeal No. 1999-2087
Application No. 08/595,449
power from said electrical motor to said drive disposed
adjacent to and longitudinally entirely on the forward side”2
of the pedal assembly crank axis and battery means “disposed
adjacent to and longitudinally entirely on the rear side” of
the pedal assembly crank axis and “substantially forwardly of
the rotational axis” of the rear wheel of the bicycle.
We note that the language requiring the electrical motor
and the transmission to be disposed adjacent to and
longitudinally entirely on the forward side of the pedal
assembly crank axis was added to claim 1 by an amendment filed
August 19, 1997 (Paper No. 29). Prior to this amendment claim
1 only required that the motor be disposed adjacent to and
longitudinally entirely on the forward side of a pedal
assembly crank axis. For purposes of our review, we construe
the term “transmission” to include the pinion shaft 77, as
well as disclosed elements connecting the pinion shaft 77 to
the motor output shaft 63, but not the ring gear 83 or the
housing 32 in which the pinion shaft and ring gear are
mounted, since the gear 83 and the housing 32 are not entirely
2We do not find antecedent basis in the specification for
this language, as required by 37 C.F.R. § 1.75(d)(1).
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