Ex parte BORCHERDING et al. - Page 8

                     Appeal No. 1998-2088                                                                                                          
                     Application 08/372,712                                                                                                        

                     reasonable degree of precision and particularity,” In re Moore, 439 F.2d at 1235,                                             
                     169 USPQ at 238, we hold that the Examiner was in error in rejecting the claim as                                             
                     being indefinite.  Accordingly, we reverse the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112,                                               
                     second paragraph.                                                                                                             


                                                        REVERSED                                                                                   








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