Ex parte BASHKIN et al. - Page 7




          Appeal No. 1995-1304                                                         
          Application No. 07/947,071                                                   


          significant or "in effect forces one of ordinary skill in the                
          art to experiment unduly in order to practice the claimed                    
          invention."                                                                  
               The rejection of claims 1, 3 through 8, 10 through 16, 20               
          through 23, and 25 through 30 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first                   
          paragraph, "as being based on an insufficient disclosure to                  
          support the scope of the claimed subject matter" is reversed.                
               Claims 1, 3 through 8, 10 through 16, 20 through 23, and                
          25 through 30 also stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first               
          and second paragraphs, "as the claimed invention is not                      
          described in such full, clear, concise and exact terms as to                 
          enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the same,               
          and/or for failing to particularly point out and distinctly                  
          claim the subject matter which applicant regards as the                      
          invention."  See the Examiner's Answer, page 9.  According to                
          the examiner, these claims are indefinite and based on a non-                
          enabling disclosure in view of the recitation "physiologically               
          relevant conditions."                                                        
               The rejection is manifestly untenable with respect to                   
          claims 8, 10 through 16, and 20 through 22, because these                    
          claims do not recite "physiologically relevant conditions."                  

                                         -7-                                           




Page:  Previous  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007