Appeal No. 97-2488
Application 08/163,202
former portions of respective claims 22 and 42 mentioned above.
Thus, these claims are ambiguous in meaning in this matter, which
ambiguity renders the claimed subject matter indefinite. No
other language in respective claims 22 and 42 overcomes the
aforementioned ambiguity.
In claim 22, lines 8, 18 through 20, and lines 25, 26,
“passages,” said “passages,” and “the passages” are set forth.
However, the reference to “passages” (line 9) is not understood
since it is uncertain if the previously recited passages (line 8)
or different passages are intended. Similarly, from the language
of line 18 of claim 42, it is uncertain as to whether the same
(passages of lines 9, 13, and 26) or different passages are
intended. Additionally, we are uncertain in reading claim 42 as
to what difference in meanings exists for the term of degree
“adjacent” (line 9) and the term of degree “proximate” (line 19),
each with regard to the relative positioning of the passages and
conductive lands.
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