Appeal No. 1999-2812 Page 7
Application No. 08/724,049
the type of language used to define the subject matter for
which patent protection is sought.
With this as background, we analyze the specific
rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, made by
the examiner of the claims on appeal (answer, p. 4).
I. The examiner found the following phrases to lack
clear antecedent basis: "said first and second bars" and "said
third and fourth bar means." Additionally, the examiner
found that those phrases were not clearly understood. The
examiner inquired if the "first and second bars" and the
"third and
fourth bar means" were referring to the previously recited
"first and second bar means" and the "third and
fourth bars" and if so, the examiner stated that consistent
terminology for the same features should be maintained
throughout the claims.
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