Appeal No. 97-2227
Application 08/254,978
(Great Britain)
Claims 1, 2 and 9-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Atfield.
Claims 3-8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Atfield in view of Dudden.
Claims 1-9, 12 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to
particularly point and distinctly claim the subject matter
which the appellant regards as the invention.3
The examiner’s rejections are explained on pages 4-7 of
the answer. The arguments of the appellant and examiner in
support of their respective positions may be found on pages
11-16 of the brief, pages 1-5 of the reply brief, pages 8-10
of the answer and pages 2 and 3 of the supplemental answer.
OPINION
As a preliminary matter, we base our understanding of the
appealed subject matter upon the following interpretation of
3This rejection was set forth as a new ground of rejection in the
answer.
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