Ex parte BUSSEY JR. et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 2001-1622                                       Page 3           
          Application No. 09/226,969                                                  


                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The appellants' invention relates to a pool cover.  A                  
          copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix                
          to the appellants' brief.                                                   


               The prior art reference of record relied upon by the                   
          examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:                               
          Wilson                   4,426,995                     Jan. 24,             
          1984                                                                        



               Claims 12 to 14 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §                
          112, first paragraph, as containing subject matter which was                
          not described in the specification in such a way as to                      
          reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the               
          appellants, at the time the application was filed, had                      
          possession of the claimed invention.                                        


               Claim 14 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first                  
          paragraph, as containing subject matter which was not                       
          described in the specification in such a way as to enable one               









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