Appeal No. 95-0833
Application 08/161,978
the sidemost portion of the recess 100, i.e.,
in the position where the front wall portion
150 (see Figure 3) is present in a previously
used cartridge (emphasis added).
The language here indicates a correspondence between the initial
description of Fig. 6 and that of Fig. 3, although it may have
been better stated in such a manner to indicate that the front
wall portion 150 of Fig. 3 would have been indicated to be a part
of the prior art cartridge.
The examiner’s new matter of objection under 35 U.S.C. § 132
and the basis of the current rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
relate to the language inserted at page 11, line 12 of the
specification by amendment on March 3, 1994, with the current
amended version of claim 10 on appeal:
As will be apparent from the drawing, this
sidemost portion of the opening 100 also can
be detected by a drive sensor positioned
either at the front or the side of the
cartridge (emphasis added).
Continuing in the same paragraph at page 11, lines 14 to 18
state the following:
For the switch which determines write
protection for a previously used cartridge,
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