Appeal No. 97-0225
Application No. 08/357,789
expression indefinite unless the examiner can establish that
the expression does not reasonably apprise one of ordinary
skill in the art of the scope of protection sought by
appellants. Note also that the examiner’s reference to the
nomenclature of dimethylaminopropanol methyl methacrylate at
page 9 of the Answer further negates the examiner’s position
that its meaning is not known to those skilled in the art.
Further, the examiner, referring to claims 8 and 21,
argues that "[i]t is not clear what are the reactive groups of
the polyimide precursor." See Answer, page 8. The examiner,
however, has not demonstrated that reactive groups of the
polyimide precursors defined at page 4 of the specification
are not known to those skilled in the art. In fact, the
examiner recognizes that carboxylic acid groups of the
polyimide precursors (the polyamic acids) are reactive groups.
See Answer, page 8, together with specification, page 4. Note
also that the polyimide precursor needs reactive groups to
react with the claimed complex as required by claim 1. Since
the language employed in claims is not analyzed in a vacuum,
but always in light of the teachings of the prior art and the
application disclosure as it would be interpreted by one
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