Appeal No. 1995-4405
Application No. 08/083,680
(a) isolating the reference medium containing the gaseous species of interest
in a gas-permeable reference enclosure;
(b) providing a separate reservoir source of the gaseous species of interest
outside but in communication with the gas permeable reference
enclosure, wherein the reservoir source of gaseous species of interest is
formulated to control the concentration of the gaseous species of
interest in the reference medium according to a desired function of
temperature, f(T), over the selected temperature range;
(c) enclosing the reference medium and reservoir source in a substantially
gas-tight hollow common enclosure surrounded by a gas phase that
forms a common atmosphere;
and
(d) enabling the reservoir source to compensate for temperature
fluctuations within the selected temperature range by controlling the
partial pressure of the gaseous species of interest in the common
enclosure as a function of temperature such that the concentration of the
gaseous species of interest in the reference medium varies as a function
of temperature according to the f(T) over the selected temperature
range.
ISSUES
Claims 26-30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, on the ground that the
specification, as originally filed, fails to provide support for the invention as is now claimed.In
reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the appellants’ specification
and claims and to the respective positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner. We make
reference to the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 13, mailed November 8, 1994) and the supplemental
examiner’s answer (Paper No. 15, mailed March 7, 1995) for the examiner’s reasoning in support of
the rejection, and to the appellants’ brief (Paper No. 12, filed October 17, 1994), reply brief (Paper
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