Ex parte BAUMGART et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 95-1217                                                          
          Application 08/039,674                                                      



               The Examiner relied on the following references:                       
          Corwin et al.            5,233,541                8/93                      
          Fukumizu            5,060,278                10/91                          


          Crimmins et al.     4,644,585                2/87                           
          Prakash             5,054,101                10/91                          
          Huynh et al.        4,878,114                10/89                          
          Eckstein, Jr.       3,947,833                3/76                           
          Natakani            4,817,174                3/89                           
          Hunt et al.         4,335,427                6/82                           
               Claims 1 through 13 and claims 15 through 20 stand                     
          rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 1, as based on a non-                     
          enabling disclosure.  Claims 3, 7 through 11, and 17 through                
          18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 2, as indefinite                 
          due to failure to point out and distinctly claim the                        
          invention.                                                                  
               The claims were also rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103.                   
          Claims 1, 5, 12, 13, and 15 stand rejected under § 103 as                   
          unpatentable over Corwin et al. in view of Fukumizu.  Claims                
          2, 7, 8, 11, 14, and 18 stand rejected under § 103 as                       

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