Appeal No. 95-2535
Application 07/987,127
first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 until the metes and bounds
of that claim are determined under the second paragraph of
this section of the statute.); and, In re Steele, 305 F.2d
859, 862, 134 USPQ 292, 295 (CCPA 1962)(Analyzing claims based
on "speculation as to meaning of the terms employed and
assumptions as to the scope of such claims" is legal error.).
New Ground of Rejection Under 37 CFR § 1.196(b)
Claims 9-14 are 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
applicants regard as their invention.
The preamble of claim 9 reads, "a method of revamping a
pre-existing urea production plant . . . comprising the steps
of." Subsequent to the preamble, claim 9 recites two process
steps
a) and b), which read:
a) providing, upstream of said ammonia stripping section,
a second urea synthesis reactor of the once-through type
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