Appeal No. 96-1225
Application 08/107,696
the subject matter of appellant’s claims 5, 7-13, 15, 16, 19-
21 and 23. The examiner points out (answer, page 5) that JP
‘189 discloses that the temperature between temperature
changes is maintained for a predetermined time (page 8, lines
19-23), but does not explain why this disclosure would have
fairly suggested, to one of ordinary skill in the art,
maintaining the temperature constant during the cleaning as
required by appellant’s claims 5, 13, 15, 16 and 19-21. The
examiner states that the limitations of claims 1, 3, 5-13, 15,
16 and 18-21 are disclosed in JP ‘189 and either cites column
numbers and line numbers in the reference or refers us to the
document in general (answer, page 6), but does not
specifically discuss the content of the relied-upon
disclosures.
The examiner should address each limitation of every
rejected claim and specifically explain why the portions of
the references which the examiner relies upon disclose or
suggest each limitation.
DECISION
The rejections of claims 1, 3, 5-11, 13, 15, 16 and 18-23
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite
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