Appeal No. 98-0194 Page 3
Application No. 08/132,940
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to an automatic control
for energy from an electrosurgical generator. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claims 1 and 18, which appear in the appendix to
the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:
Auth et al. 4,582,057 Apr. 15,
1986
(Auth)
Bowers et al. 4,727,874 Mar. 1,
1988
(Bowers)
Rexroth et al. 4,739,759 Apr.
26, 1988
(Rexroth)
Ensslin 5,167,658 Dec. 1,
1992
Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly
point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the
appellant regards as the invention.
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