Ex parte YOSHIDA - Page 6




                 Appeal No. 1997-3161                                                                                                                   
                 Application No. 08/450,553                                                                                                             


                 and the Examiner, reference is made to the Briefs  and Answers                          2                                              
                 for the respective details thereof.                                                                                                    
                          It is our view, after consideration of the record before                                                                                                                           
                 us, that Appellant’s specification in this application                                                                                 
                 provides an enabling disclosure in a manner which complies                                                                             
                 with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 112.  We are also of the                                                                          
                 view that the appealed claims particularly point out the                                                                               
                 invention in a manner which complies with 35 U.S.C. § 112,                                                                             
                 second paragraph.  Finally, it is our opinion that the                                                                                 
                 evidence relied upon and the level of skill in the particular                                                                          
                 art would not have suggested to                                                                                                        
                 one of ordinary skill in the art the obviousness of the                                                                                
                 invention                                                                                                                              









                          2The Appeal Brief was filed September 13, 1996.  In                                                                           
                 response to the Examiner’s Answer dated April 7, 1997, a Reply                                                                         
                 Brief was filed June 6, 1997 which was acknowledged and                                                                                
                 entered by the Examiner without further comment on October 16,                                                                         
                 1997.                                                                                                                                  
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