Ex parte DAROVIC - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1994-4016                                                        
          Application No. 07/793,824                                                  


               means, said tracing assembly support means having                      
               disposed thereon a plate, a sliding support means                      
               movably connected to said plate, a cutter rotating                     
               means disposed on said plate, a cutting means                          
               connected to said cutter rotating means, the cutting                   
               means aligned with a tracing assembly means sized to                   
               fit within said tracing assembly cavity, said                          
               tracing assembly means having a means for tracing                      
               which traces a surface of the workpiece, a roller,                     
               and a means for adjusting the tracing means so that                    
               it is aligned with said cutting means.                                 
                                      PRIOR ART                                       
               The references of record relied upon by the examiner are:              
          Bottcher et al (Bottcher)     3,863,543           Feb. 04,                  
          1975                                                                        
          Draper                        4,142,444           Mar. 06,                  
          1979                                                                        
          De Muynck                          4,260,001           Apr.                 
          07, 1981                                                                    
          Hosoi                         4,317,644           Mar. 02,                  
          1982                                                                        
          Wirth, Jr. (Wirth ‘735)       4,593,735           Jun. 10,                  
          1986                                                                        
          Ford et al.(Ford)             4,733,997           Mar. 29,                  
          1988                                                                        
          Wirth, Jr. (Wirth ‘292)       4,909,292           Mar. 20,                  
          1990                                                                        
          Butler                        4,991,637           Feb. 12,                  
          1991                                                                        
                                                  (filed Aug. 3, 1989)                
                                     REJECTIONS                                       
               The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:                         
          (1) Claims 1 through 21 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second                       
          paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly                  
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