Ex parte YOKOMIZO et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 1996-3167                                       Page 4           
          Application No. 07/974,834                                                  


                                   59-220686                     Dec. 12,             
          1984                                                                        
                                   59-52999                 Dec. 22, 1984             



               Claims 4, 6, 7, 13, 14, 26, 28 to 31, 34, 35 and 41 to 52              
          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 appellants                    
          regard as the invention.                                                    


               Claims 4, 6, 7, 13, 14, 26, 28 to 31, 34, 35 and 41 to 52              
          stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as the               
          specification, as originally filed, does not provide support                
          for the invention as is now claimed.                                        


               Claims 4, 6, 7, 13, 14, 26, 28 to 31, 34, 35 and 41 to 52              
          stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable                  
          over Patterson in view of Kumpf.                                            


               Claims 4 and 52 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                
          being unpatentable over Patterson in view of Kumpf as applied               








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