Ex parte KISHORE et al. - Page 3




                    Appeal No. 93-2460                                                                                                                                    
                    Application No. 07/590,647                                                                                                                            


                              I.  Claims 1 through 7, 38 through 45 and 48 stand rejected                                                                                 
                    under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for                                                                                      
                    failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the                                                                                            
                    subject matter which the applicants regard as the invention.                                                                                          
                              II. Claims 1 through 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,                                                                                
                    first and second paragraphs, as the claimed invention is not                                                                                          
                    described in such full, clear, concise and exact terms as to                                                                                          
                    enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the same,                                                                                        
                    and/or for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim                                                                                     
                    the subject matter which the applicants regard as the invention.                                                                                      
                              III. Claims 1 through 4 and 6 through 47 stand rejected                                                                                     
                    under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as the disclosure is                                                                                          
                    enabling only for claims limited to modifications of the                                                                                              
                    sequences shown in Figure 1.                                                                                                                          
                              IV.  Claims 22, 30, 38 through 41, 46 and 47 stand rejected                                                                                 
                    under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as the disclosure is                                                                                          
                    enabling only for claims limited to dicot plants.                                                                                                     
                              V.  Claim 46 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first                                                                                       
                    paragraph, as the disclosure is only enabling for claims limited                                                                                      
                    to the modifications of the plant-derived sequences shown in                                                                                          
                    Figure 1.                                                                                                                                             



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