Ex parte LYONS - Page 3




          Appeal No. 94-3399                                                           
          Application 07/871,374                                                       


               (1) Claims 1 through 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first                    
          paragraph, as lacking descriptive support for the invention as               
          is now claimed in the original disclosure; and                               
               (2) Claims 1 through 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second                   
          paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly                   
          point and distinctly claim the subject matter which applicants               
          regard as their invention.                                                   


                                       OPINION                                         


               Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced               
          by the examiner and appellants in support of their respective                
          positions, reference is made to appellants' brief and to the                 
          examiner's answer for the full exposition thereof.  For the                  
          reasons set forth below, we affirm the rejection of claim 2                  
          under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, but reverse the                      
          remaining rejections of the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. §                
          112, first and second paragraphs.                                            


                  REJECTION UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 112, FIRST PARAGRAPH                     


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