Ex parte HYPPANEN - Page 5




                Appeal No. 95-3119                                                                                 Page 5                     
                Application No. 08/089,810                                                                                                    


                (Paper No. 18, filed January 27, 1995) for the appellant's                                                                    
                arguments thereagainst.3                                                                                                      


                                                                 OPINION                                                                      
                         In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given                                                               
                careful consideration to the appellant's specification and                                                                    
                claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the                                                                       
                respective positions articulated by the appellant and the                                                                     
                examiner.  As a consequence of our review, we make the                                                                        
                determinations which follow.                                                                                                  


                The written description issue                                                                                                 
                         We will not sustain the examiner's rejection of claim 27                                                             
                under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as the specification, as                                                              
                originally filed, does not provide support for the invention as                                                               
                is now claimed.                                                                                                               





                         3The new ground of rejection set forth in the examiner's                                                             
                answer was withdrawn by the examiner (Paper No. 20) due to the                                                                
                appellant filing a terminal disclaimer (Paper No. 19).  We note                                                               
                that the terminal disclaimer has not been properly recorded on                                                                
                the face of the filewrapper.  The examiner should ensure correct                                                              
                recording of the terminal disclaimer.                                                                                         







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