Appeal No. 96-1904
Application 08/164,854
Claim 22 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, as being based upon an underlying original
disclosure which lacks descriptive support for the invention
now claimed.
For purposes of brevity, we simply incorporate
herein, in its entirety, our earlier discussion, supra,
relating to the lack of descriptive support for claim 1 (35
U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph).
A review of appellant’s original disclosure reveals
to this panel of the board a lack of support therein for the
segmented computer keyboard of claim 22 which requires, inter
alia, that it “may be operated without resting the keyboard on
a surface.” Accordingly, claim 22 is appropriately rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph.
In summary, this panel of the board has:
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