Appeal No. 96-2697
Application 08/215,170
ratios according to volumes. The original disclosure clearly
disclosed all the volume percentages currently being claimed.
The only question is whether the specific values of volume
ratios are supported by the original disclosure. Using claim
1 as an example, we will show that the volume ratio recited
therein is clearly supported by the original disclosure and
the claim itself.
The volume percentages of the components recited in
claim 1 are exactly the same as set forth in the original
disclosure [Summary of the Invention, page 3]. The preferred
embodiment for the various components is set forth on page 6
of the original disclosure. The preferred embodiment as
described at page 6 uses 10% by volume TEOS, 10% by volume
TEOG, 0.5% by volume nitric acid, 78% by volume alcohol, and
1.5% by volume water. Claim 1 recites that the ratio of
volume of water to the sum of volume of TEOS and TEOG is less
than 0.80. Since the components of the mixture are already
given in volume percentages, the volume ratio is a
straightforward substitution. More particularly, for the
preferred embodiment, the water is 1.5% by volume of the total
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