Appeal No. 98-0102
Application 08/030,734
grounds:
(i) In claim 3, appellant recites “a space” (line 3),
“another space” (line 6), and “said space” (lines 13 and 14),
but it is not clear which of the previously-recited spaces
“said space” refers to. Evidently, it should be -- said
another space --. Likewise, in claim 7 (lines 11 and 12) and
claim 10 (line 3), “said space” is indefinite and should
apparently be -- said first-mentioned-space --.
(ii) Dependent claims 4, 12 and 15 are indefinite in that they
are not clearly related to their respective parent claims.
Claim 4, for example, reads:
4. The improvement of claim 3, specifically in
regard to refrigerators, and recovery of reject heat
for use in heating, and maintaining the temperature
of water to meet associated requirements for hot
water.
The limitations recited in this claim are not recited as being
related to the elements and steps recited in parent claim 3;
for example, how do the refrigerators recited in claim 4
relate to claim 3? If it is intended that the enclosing
means, first-mentioned space, and heat absorber means of claim
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