Appeal No. 2003-1569
Application No. 09/783,466
According to the examiner, the disclosure of the instant
application does not provide the requisite support for the
subject matter now recited in independent claims 1 and 8, and
dependent claims 2, 5 through 7 and 9 through 11, because:
[t]here does not appear to be a written description of
the following limitations in the application as filed.
Claims 1 & 8: “said cylindrical elastomeric member
preventing contact between said radially outer
periphery of said bearing cup and said inner periphery
of said yoke bore”
Claims 1 & 8: “said cylindrical elastomeric member
not extending beyond the axial extent of said bearing
cup”
Claim 11: all limitations therein [answer, page
4].3
The remarks in the answer accompanying this explanation
indicate that much of the examiner’s concern stems from the rough
sketch quality of the application drawings originally filed by
the appellants.
The original specification in the instant application (see
pages 4 and 5) expressly describes the outer surfaces of the
bearing cups as “cylindrical,” the bores in the yokes as
“cylindrical,” and the elastomeric members or elements as
“cylindrical” and respectively seated between a cylindrical outer
3 Although the claim limitations quoted by the examiner do
appear in claim 1, they do not appear in exactly the same form in
claim 8 due to apparent typographic errors which are deserving of
correction.
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