Appeal No. 2004-1383
Application No. 09/658,389
the above-identified application.1 Claims 7, 11, 14, 16, 23, 32,
and 39 through 76 are also pending but remain withdrawn from
further consideration pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.142(b)(2003)
(effective Dec. 22, 1959).
The subject matter on appeal relates to a bicycle stem for
connecting a bicycle handlebar to a bicycle steering tube.
According to the present specification (page 4, line 4 to page
5, line 9), the present invention includes a fastener receiving
passageway that is offset in relation to the axis of an
imaginary cylinder defined by certain portions of steering tube
clamp members and that this offset relation “allows the clamp to
be more effective and rugged” (e.g., “a greater extent of the
steering tube can be engaged”). Further details of this
appealed subject matter are recited in representative claims 1,
4, and 15 reproduced below:
1. A bicycle stem for connecting a bicycle
handlebar to a bicycle steering tube, the bicycle stem
comprising:
a body portion having opposing first and second
ends;
1 The examiner states that the final rejection under 35
U.S.C. § 112, ¶1, of claims 8, 9, 19, 28, and 33 through 38 as
set forth in the final Office action has been withdrawn.
(Substitute examiner’s answer mailed Apr. 2, 2004, paper 25,
hereinafter “answer,” p. 3.) Accordingly, this issue is not
before us.
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