Appeal No. 1998-0812 Page 5
Application No. 08/378,954
Kaslow, 707 F.2d 1366, 1375, 217 USPQ 1089, 1096 (Fed. Cir.
1983).
The examiner states (answer, p. 5) that the claimed
subject matter which is not supported by the original
disclosure "includes injection by means other than the slide
core and the portions of the cassette halves being other than
different plastics."
The appellant argues (brief, pp. 8-10) that it is not
understood why claims 1 to 9 (the original patent claims) are
subject to this rejection and that a person skilled in the art
would have recognized that the inventor had possession of the
subject matter of claims 10 to 13 (claims sought to be added
by reissue) at the time the invention was filed.
With regard to claims 1 to 9, we find ourselves in
agreement with the appellant. That is, we see no reason why
these claims are included in this rejection. In that regard,
claims 1 to 9 recite that the injection of the adhesive is
through the slide core and the first and second portions of
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