Ex parte STEFFEN - Page 2




          Appeal No. 99-0210                                                          
          Application 08/732,285                                                      


               The appellant's invention is directed to an elastic                    
          sealing apparatus for use in mounting a window glass or the                 
          like.  The                                                                  


          invention is illustrated by reference to claim 13, which reads              
          as follows:                                                                 
               13. An elastic sealing apparatus comprising an anchoring               
          wedge, a profiled base connected to the anchoring wedge, a                  
          sealing pad provided on the profiled base, and a sealing lip                
          adjacent the sealing pad and the profiled base.                             


                                   THE REFERENCES                                     
               The references relied upon by the examiner to support the              
          final rejection are:                                                        
          Kautschuk              8534283.1               Mar.  4, 1986                
          (German Patent)                                                             
          Frisoplast             9207608.4               Aug. 10, 1992                
          (German Patent)                                                             


                                   THE REJECTIONS                                     
               Claims 13-33 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.                                         
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