Appeal No. 2004-1383
Application No. 09/658,389
fixed planar closed curve.’”3 (Id.) Regarding the term “axis,”
the examiner determined that this term must be broadly
interpreted to mean any axis. (Id.)
Cheng describes a bicycle pivot arm assembly (i.e., a
bicycle stem) for securing a handlebar to a steering tube.
(Column 1, lines 29-31; Figure 1.) Cheng teaches that the pivot
arm assembly comprises a shank 20 (i.e., a body portion) having
opposing first and second ends, a connector 21 formed on one end
of the pivot arm assembly for engaging and supporting a
handlebar (i.e., a handlebar clamping portion), and, on the
other end of the pivot arm assembly, a sleeve 22 having a
cylindrical opening 23 for engaging a steering tube (i.e., a
steering tube clamping portion). (Column 2, lines 24-34.) As
seen in Cheng’s Figures 1 and 2, the reference teaches that the
sleeve 22 and the shank 20 include an aperture 24 transverse to
the steering tube for receiving two recessed clamping members
28, which the examiner determined to be in “side-by-side”
relation to each other, and a fastener 32. (Column 2, lines 36-
67.) Cheng’s Figure 2 further shows that the clamping members
28 include a threaded hole 30 and an enlarged recess 300,
3 See also Webster’s New World College Dictionary 360
(1999), copy attached.
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