Appeal No. 1998-2945 Page 10
Application No. 08/624,734
right end of the power cylinder housing and in the other
position of the valve 24, the discharge line 20 is connected
to the left end of the power cylinder housing. Accordingly,
the examiner should determine if this error in claim 7 renders
claim 7, and claims dependent thereon, indefinite under 35
U.S.C. § 112, 2¶.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the examiner to reject
claims 1, 4 through 7 and 12 through 15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103
is reversed. In addition, the application is remanded to the
examiner to consider whether claims 1, 2 and 7 are indefinite
under the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112.
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