Appeal No. 98-0384
Application No. 08/579,639
Under the provisions of 37 CFR § 1.196(b) we make the
following new rejection:
Claims 2-6, 8-13, 15, 17, 18 and 20 are rejected under 35
U.S.C. 112, second paragraph. In order to satisfy the re-
quirements of the second paragraph of §112, a claim must
accurately define the invention in the technical sense. See
In re Knowlton, 481 F.2d 1357, 1366, 178 USPQ 486, 492-93
(CCPA 1973). Here, the claims are directed to packaging for a
strip of photosensitive material (which is to be coiled), as
distinguished from a completed package containing such a
coiled strip. That is, the claims on appeal define the pack-
aging in an undeformed or "flattened" state before the coiled
strip is wrapped or enclosed (e.g., independent claim 6 sets
forth a cover sheet "for" being wound on the roll outer cir-
cumferential surface and flexible sections "for" covering the
essentially flat end faces). This being the case, the cover
sheet does not have edge portions which are curved as set
forth in lines 15-19 of independent claim 6. Instead, these
portions are merely adapted to be deflected in a curved con-
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