Appeal No. 2001-0090 Page 2
Application No. 08/893,890
provided that for purposes of this appeal, claims 4 and 5 are
assumed to be withdrawn. 1
We REVERSE.
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates generally to improved
spacers for the bearing assemblies for mounting the wheels of
in-line roller skates (specification, p. 1). Claim 1 under
appeal reads as follows:
In a bearing spacer device for axially separating
ball bearings in a skate wheel hub, the device
comprising:
an generally cylindrical center portion having an
outer surface extending between first and second axially
opposite center portion ends and a central longitudinal
axis extending between the first and second center
portion ends; a pair of radial shoulders disposed at
the first and second center portion ends to abut and
axially space the individual ball bearings within the
skate wheel hub;
a central bore extending coaxially through the
center portion to receive an axle pin for mounting the
skate wheel to a skate;
the improvement comprising:
1We view this as the appellant's acquiesce in the
examiner's earlier determination (Paper No. 5, mailed November
5, 1999) that claims 4 and 5 were not readable on the elected
species of Figures 1-6.
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