Appeal No. 2000-2115
Application No. 08/633,564
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to appellant's
brief (Paper No. 21, filed November 1, 1999) for appellant's
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellant's specification and claims,
to the applied prior art references, and to the respective
positions articulated by appellant and the examiner. As a
consequence of our review we have reached the determinations
which follow.
As a preliminary matter, we note that appellant (brief,
page 5) has grouped claims 1 and 2 as standing or falling
together. Accordingly, in discussing the issues on appeal we
focus particularly on representative independent claim 1.
Looking first to the examiner's rejection of the appealed
claims under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, we understand
this rejection to be based on lack of enablement. The first
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