Appeal No. 98-0353
Application 08/561,463
The claims in issue are drawn to a spout cleaning device,
and are reproduced in appellant's brief.
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Clift 2,065,886 Dec. 29,
1936
Jacobsen 2,715,745 Aug. 23,
1955
Shumway et al. (Shumway) 5,214,820 Jun.
01, 1993
Claims 1 to 5 stand finally rejected on the following
grounds:
(1) Failure to comply with 35 USC § 112, second
paragraph;
(2) Unpatentable over Clift in view of Shumway and
Jacobsen, under 35 USC § 103.
Rejection (1)
The examiner considers the claims to be indefinite for
the following reasons (answer, pages 3 and 4):
In claim 1, the phrase "exhibiting opposing broad
sides and opposing narrow sides thereon" is
confusing with respect to what sides are opposing
which sides when it is not clear how many sides are
being defined when such is not positively recited,
2
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