Appeal No. 96-2724
Application 08/343,201
references that the picture or insert therein is sized to fill
the recess or pocket of the respective display assemblies
disclosed in the references. Accordingly, the examiner's
rejections of claims 6 and 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 will likewise
not be sustained.
In accordance with our authority under 37 CFR
§ 1.196(b), we enter the following new rejection of claims 4
through 7 and 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph.
Claims 4 through 7 and 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to par-
ticularly point out and distinctly claim that which appellant
regards as her invention.
The purpose of the requirement stated in the second
paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 is to provide those who would
endeavor, in future enterprise, to approach the area
circumscribed by the claims of a patent, with the adequate notice
demanded by due process of law, so that they may more readily and
accurately determine the boundaries of protection involved and
evaluate the possibility of infringement and dominance. In re
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