Appeal No. 96-2675
Application No. 08/299,760
Naude-Filonniere et al. 0 107 576 May 2, 19843
(Naude-Filonniere)
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 24 and 26 through 30 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite
for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the
subject matter which applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 1 through 24 and 26 through 30 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Takigawa in
combination with Naude-Filonniere.
Claims 1 through 24 and 26 through 30 stand rejected
under the judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type
double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1 through
30 of U.S. Patent No. 5,207,837 in view of Takigawa in
combination with Naude-Filonniere.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments
advanced by appellant and the examiner and agree with
appellant that the aforementioned rejections are not well
3We refer in our opinion to the translation of Naude-
Filonniere of record prepared by Schreiber Translations for
the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office in October 1993.
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