Appeal No. 97-0690
Application No. 08/375,094
Lockwood 3,348,520 Oct. 24, 1967
Claims 1 through 10 and 15 through 20 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for
failing to
particularly point out and distinctly claim that which appellant
regard as his invention.
Claims 1, 9 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Lockwood.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of the
above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and appellant regarding those rejections, we
make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 9, mailed
August 22, 1996) for the examiner's reasoning in support of the
rejections, and to appellant’s brief (Paper No. 8, filed July
15, 1996) for appellant’s arguments thereagainst.
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