Appeal No. 95-3797
Application 07/975,764
sustain the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-3 and 5 under 35
U.S.C. § 103.
Under the provision 37 CFR § 1.196(b) we make the
following new rejection.
Claims 1-3 and 5 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 applicant regards as the invention. Claim 1, in line 13
recites “the reflecting surfaces.” It is not clear from this
recitation whether this phrase refers to the “first, second,
third and fourth reflecting surfaces” (line 3) or the “second
and third reflecting surfaces” (line 9).
In summary, the decision of the examiner is
reversed.
A new rejection of claims 1-3 and 5 has been made
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph.
This decision contains a new ground of rejection
pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)(amended effective Dec. 1, 1997,
by final rule notice, 62 Fed. Reg. 53,131, 53,197 (Oct. 10,
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