Appeal No. 2001-2118
Application No. 08/987,977
copy of which appears in ‘APPENDIX A-1" of the “SUPPLEMENT TO
BRIEF ON APPEAL” (Paper No. 21).
The following rejection is the sole rejection before us for
review.
Claims 1 through 6 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph, as lacking enablement in the underlying
specification.
The full text of the examiner’s rejection and response to
the argument presented by appellant appears in the final
rejection and the answer (Paper Nos. 15 and 18), while the
complete statement of appellant’s argument can be found in the
main brief (Paper No. 17).
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the enablement issue raised in
this appeal, this panel of the board has carefully considered
appellant’s specification and claims, and the respective
viewpoints of appellant and the examiner. As a consequence of
our review, we make the determination which follows.
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