Ex parte STEFFEN - Page 12




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


          claimed invention was made, and does not include knowledge                  
          gleaned only from the applicant's disclosure, such a                        
          reconstruction is proper.  See In re McLaughlin, 443 F.2d                   
          1392, 1395, 170 USPQ 209, 212 (CCPA 1971).  In those cases                  
          where we have sustained the examiner’s rejections, we have                  
          pointed out where suggestion was found in the references or in              
          the skill that must be attributed to the artisan.                           


                                       SUMMARY                                        
               The rejection of claim 23 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second                
          paragraph, is sustained.                                                    
               The rejection of claims 13-22 and 24-33 under 35 U.S.C.                
          § 112, second paragraph, is not sustained.                                  
               The rejection of claims 13, 15, 17-21 and 26 under 35                  
          U.S.C. § 102(b) is sustained.                                               
               The rejection of claims 16 and 22-25 under 35 U.S.C.                   
          § 102(b) is not sustained.                                                  
               The rejection of claim 14 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is                     
          sustained.                                                                  
               The rejection of claims 27-29 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is                 
          sustained.                                                                  

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