Appeal No. 1996-1767 Page 19
Application No. 08/220,410
(Examiner’s Answer at 7.) The reply brief neither alleges nor
shows error in the examiner’s reply.
Therefore, we affirm the rejection of claims 18-24 under
§ 103. Next, we address the adequacy of the written
description of claims 9-11 under § 112.
Adequacy of Written Description of Claims 9-11 under § 112
At the outset, we agree with the examiner, (Examiner’s
Answer at 6), that the copy of independent claim 9 that
appears in the Appendix of the appeal brief is wrong. The
examiner has supplied a correct copy of the claim in the
Appendix of the examiner’s answer.
Regarding claims 9-11, the appellants argue,
“[a]ppellants have shown where in the specification and in
drawings the claimed subject matter is supported.” (Appeal
Br. at 9.) The examiner replies, “[a]n adder having two
outputs with each of these outputs being connected to both a
first and a second multiplier fails to be supported by the
specification.” (Examiner’s Answer at 6.)
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