Appeal No. 1999-2087
Application No. 08/595,449
means that is disposed longitudinally along the down pipe lies
below and extends generally parallel to the down pipe.”
Davidson shows an electrically power assisted bicycle
comprising, inter alia, chain wheel 12, drive chain 26 and
sprocket 25 coupling a pedal assembly to a rear wheel for
manual driving of the rear wheel, an electric motor 13
extending longitudinally along one side of the seat pipe and
entirely on one side of the pedal assembly crank axis and an
electric storage battery 27 extending longitudinally, as least
to some degree, along one side of the down pipe and entirely
on the other side of the crank axis. The examiner describes
Davidson as failing to show the battery mounted below and
parallel to the down tube and cites Goldenfeld for a teaching
of a battery 16 mounted parallel to the down tube. See
answer, p. 5. In addition, the examiner describes Goldenfeld
as suggesting that the battery may be hung below the frame.
Id.
Based on the combined teachings of the applied prior art,
the examiner determined (id.) that
[i]t would have been obvious to a skilled artisan to
mount the Davidson battery parallel to and below the
frame down tube, as taught by Goldenfeld, in order
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