Appeal No. 96-2094
Application 08/282,783
for (1) a distance between the cable connector and the lever
axis that decreases and then increases as the control lever
moves, and (2) the control lever moving between stroke start
and stroke finish ends. The examiner’s concerns are
unfounded. The specification at page 10, lines 11-19, page
11, line 14 through page 12, line 1, and page 19, lines 1-5
satisfies the § 112, first paragraph, description requirement
with respect to (1). The discussion on page 16 of the
specification concerning the stroke start position and the
stroke finish position and how these positions may be adjusted
satisfies the § 112, first paragraph, description requirement
with respect to (2). Accordingly, we will not sustain this
rejection.
The 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, rejection
Turning to the examiner’s rejection of claims 2, 3 and 5-
14 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, we make note that
the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 merely requires that
the claims define the metes and bounds of the invention with a
reasonable degree of precision and particularity. In
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