Appeal 96-0460
Application 08/150,303
We will also note that the applicants have caused
considerable confusion on the record and therefore have not
been of much assistance in certain respects.
Applicants rely on two declarations in an effort to
overcome the examiner's rejections. Both declarations make
reference to Example 1 of the specification. There is no
Example 1 in the specification. Furthermore, there is a
reference on page 7, lines 11-12 of the specification to
"Examples recited hereinafter, especially in Examples 16-25
***." We have not been able to find Examples 16-25 in the
specification. We are concerned that neither the examiner nor
applicants carefully read the specification. We also are
concerned as to whether the declarants or the examiner
carefully read the two declarations.
Since the declarations mention Example 1 of the
specification and there is no Example 1 in the specification,
in reaching our decision, we decline to give any weight to the
declarations. We leave it to applicants and the examiner to
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