Appeal No. 97-2785
Application 08/173,698
and the relief and the space, on the other hand, or whether
the coacting means is intended to coact between the female
housing and the space, on the one hand, and the relief, on the
other hand. This claim language is therefore indefinite
because it fails to define the metes and bounds of the
invention with a reasonable degree of precision. See In re
Venezia, 530 F.2d 956, 958, 189 USPQ 149, 151 (CCPA 1976). We
will therefore sustain the rejection of claim 8 under the
second paragraph of § 112.
In summary, we have reversed the examiner’s rejections of
claims 5 through 8 under § 251 and § 112, first paragraph, and
we have affirmed the examiner’s rejection of claim 8 under §
112, second paragraph.
The examiner’s decision rejecting the appealed claims is
affirmed in part.
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
HARRISON E. McCANDLISH )
Senior Administrative Patent Judge )
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) BOARD OF PATENT
IRWIN CHARLES COHEN ) APPEALS AND
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