Ex parte HOBSON et al. - Page 7




          Appeal No. 2000-1252                                                            
          Application No. 08/522,839                                                      


          4, lines 21 through 32; column 7, lines                                         
          4 through 24), as opposed to “at the end of the first complete                  
          disc revolution” (claim 5).  In view of this update correction                  
          difference, each and every limitation of claim 5 is not                         
          disclosed in Andrews.  In keeping with Glaxo Inc. v. Novopharm                  
          Ltd.,                                                                           
          52 F.3d 1043, 1047, 34 USPQ2d 1565, 1567 (Fed. Cir.), cert.                     
          denied, 516 U.S. 3378 (1995), the 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) rejection                  
          of claim 5 and the claims that depend therefrom is reversed.                    
               The 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) rejection of claims 1 through 4                     
          and 11 through 13 is likewise reversed because the same                         
          limitation is found in each of these claims.                                    
















                                            7                                             





Page:  Previous  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007