LIM et al. V. CAVENEY et al. - Page 12




          Interference No. 103,987                                                    



          contacts in the RJ-45 connector (eight contacts--four contact               
          pairs--four conductive traces).  Caveney’s independent claim                
          which corresponds exactly to the count is significantly                     
          broader.  It merely requires “a conductive trace . . . .”                   
          Lim’s argument is that while Caveney’s specification provides               
          support for having a trace for each adjacent signal pair, the               
          Caveney specification does not provide support for having                   
          fewer conductive traces than signal pairs or a single                       
          conductive trace per connector.                                             
                    As explained above, we need not reach the issue of                
          whether Gentry created a substantive change in the law                      
          respecting descriptive support under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first                 
          paragraph.  In our view, the facts of this case are entirely                
          different from the facts in Gentry.                                         
                    Gentry was a case involving multiple reclining                    
          chairs or sofas wherein the reclining control means was placed              
          on an attached console.  In Gentry, the court made a specific               
          factual finding that “the original disclosure clearly                       
          identifies the console as the only possible location for the                



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