Appeal No. 97-1224
Application 08/445,866
the claims remaining of record in the application. Subsequently,
claims 5 and 11 were canceled, leaving claims 2, 4, 7-9, 12 and
13 before us on appeal.
The appellants’ invention is directed to an apparatus for
cutting cardboard blanks to produce picture mounts having framing
cut outs with beveled interior apertures. The subject matter
before us on appeal is illustrated by reference to claim 13,
which has been reproduced in an appendix to the Amended Brief on
Appeal.
THE REJECTION
Claims 2, 4, 7-9, 12 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph, as being based upon a specification which
“does not provide support for the invention as now claimed”
(Answer, page 2).2
The rejection is explained in the Examiner's Answer and
Supplemental Answer.
The opposing viewpoints of the appellants are set forth in
the Brief and the Reply Brief.
Rejections of claim 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, and 352
U.S.C. § 102(e) became moot when claim 11 was canceled after the final
rejection.
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