Appeal No. 97-2626
Application 08/234,502
said means for urging urges said partially
introduced object simultaneously towards one side of the
loading aperture and towards an adjoining further side so
that said partially introduced object is urged towards a
corner between the adjoining sides,
said tolerance field is situated diametrically
opposite to said corner, and
said detection means operates exclusively in said
tolerance field.
The 35 U.S.C. § 112 rejection
3. The examiner has rejected claims 49-52 and 57-65
under the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112 for an alleged
failure of the specification to provide an enabling disclosure
to make and/or use the “means for urging”. (Examiner’s
Answer, Paper 43, pages 4 and 5).
4. The examiner alleges that the specification as
it applies to the description of figures 3 and 7, fails to
adequately teach how the “means for urging”, shown as springs
3a-3c is:
a. “initially positioned to commence urging of
the partially-inserted object toward one side/corner” (id. at
4);
b. “reset”(id. at 4-5); and
c. “activated” (id. at 5).
5. The examiner further alleges that given the
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