Ex parte HULAK - Page 4




                 Appeal No. 97-3196                                                                                                                     
                 Application No. 08/569,275                                                                                                             


                                                               THE REFERENCES                                                                           
                          The references relied upon by the examiner to support the                                                                     
                 final rejection are:                                                                                                                   


                 Bratzler                                     4,571,964                                             Feb. 25,                            
                 1986                                                                                                                                   
                 Renne                                        5,076,077                                             Dec. 31,                            
                 1991                                                                                                                                   
                 Adams, Jr. (Adams)                           5,246,345                                             Sep. 21,                            
                 1993                                                                                                                                   



                                                              THE REJECTIONS2                                                                           
                          Claim 32 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first                                                                         
                 paragraph, as being based upon a specification which fails to                                                                          
                 provide support for the invention as now claimed.                                                                                      
                          Claims 21-32 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second                                                                     
                 paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly                                                                             
                 point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the                                                                            
                 appellant regards as the invention.                                                                                                    




                          2A rejection on the basis of the judicially created                                                                           
                 doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting was withdrawn by                                                                         
                 the examiner upon the filing of a terminal disclaimer.                                                                                 
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