Interference No. 104,315
Sauer Inc. v. Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.
5. In this interference, claim I I is the only Kanzaki claim which corresponds to the
count, and the corresponding Sauer claim, claim 1, is the only Sauer claim which corresponds to
the count.
6. For efficiency purposes, the parties requested and the administrative patent judge
approved that the par-ties would submit exhibits sufficient in number for only one interference
and that papers in all related interferences would make reference to the same set of exhibits.
7. In this interference, the sole count is stated in the Notice Declaring Interference
(Paper No. 1) as Sauer's claim I or Kanzaki's claim 11.
8. Sauer's claim I reads as follows:
A hydrostatic transaxle having a housing with an interior cavity, an axle
assembly in said housing including a differential assembly, the improvement
comprising,
a hydrostatic transmission mounted within said cavity and including a
generally L-shaped member completely housed within said cavity and having first
and second hydrostatic unit mounting surfaces thereon disposed at fight angles to
each other,
at least a pair of fluid ports in each of said mounting surfaces,
and internal passageways in said L-shaped member connecting at least one
of said fluid ports on one of said mounting surfaces with at least one of said fluid
ports on the other of said mounting surfaces,
said L-shaped member comprising first and second legs integrally joined
and extending at right angles to each other,
said first leg having first and second opposite surfaces with said first
mounting surface being located on said first surface,
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