Appeal No. 95-1183
Application No. 07/991,693
The subject matter on appeal relates to a process for
separating a desired substance from an aggregate mixture. This
appealed subject matter is adequately illustrated by independent
claim 1, a copy of which taken from the appellant’s Specification
is appended to this decision.
All of the appealed claims stand rejected under the first
and second paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. § 112 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 appellant regards as the invention.
We refer to the Brief and to the Answer for a complete
exposition of the opposing viewpoints expressed by the appellant
and the examiner concerning the above noted rejections.
OPINION
For the reasons set forth below, neither of these rejections
can be sustained.
The § 112, Second Paragraph, Rejection
We first consider the examiner’s § 112, second paragraph,
rejection for the reasons fully detailed in the case of In re
Moore, 439 F.2d 1232, 1235, 169 USPQ 236, 238 (CCPA 1971). For
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