Appeal No. 96-0114
Application No. 08/128,279
claims 12 and 15 through 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph.
As a final point, we note appellant’s statement regarding
the criticality of distributing a nucleating agent uniformly
and finely "onto the surfaces of the starch granules". See
Brief, page 6, together with specification, page 9.
Upon return of this application, the examiner should
determine whether failure to recite a critical feature, i.e.,
uniform distribution of a nucleating agent, in the appealed
claims violates the enablement requirement of the first
paragraph of Section 112. See In Mayhew, 527 F.2d 1229, 188
USPQ 356 (CCPA 1976).
No time period any subsequent action in connection with
this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR § 1.136(a).
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