Appeal No. 2003-0109 Page 8
Application No. 09/576,649
All the claims under appeal recite a bicycle seating assembly comprising, inter
alia, first and second seating members integrated into a unitary assembly; first means
for mounting the first seating member in the first position which is above the bicycle
pedals at a distance such that the feet of the bicycle rider just reach the pedals with the
riders legs fully extended; and second means for mounting the second seating member
in the second position at a distance from the ground to permit at least one of the riders
feet to reach the ground beneath the bicycle. In the rejections before us, the examiner
asserts that the above-noted limitations are met by Murrell and Robbin. The appellant
argues (brief, pp. 3-8) that the applied prior art does not teach or suggest the above-
noted combination of limitations. We find ourselves in agreement with the appellant on
this point. The claims under appeal are directed to a bicycle seating assembly usable
with a bicycle in which the first and second seating members of the bicycle seating
assembly are integrated into a unitary assembly. While the auxiliary seat and primary
seat of both Murrell and Robbin are integrated into a unitary bicycle, they are not
integrated into a unitary bicycle seating assembly usable with a bicycle as claimed.
Thus, even if (1) the primary seat of either Murrell or Robbin were mounted in a first
position which is above the bicycle pedals at a distance such that the feet of the bicycle
rider just reach the pedals with the riders legs fully extended; (2) the auxiliary seat of
either Murrell or Robbin were mounted in a second position at a distance from the
ground to permit at least one of the riders feet to reach the ground beneath the bicycle;
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