Appeal No. 1997-1081 Page 2
Application No. 08/111,922
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a shearable riser
joint. A substantially correct copy of claims 6 through 8
appears in the appendix to the appellants' brief.2
No prior art references are relied upon by the examiner
in rejecting the appealed claims.3
Claims 6 through 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first and second paragraphs, as the claimed invention is not
described in such full, clear, concise and exact terms as to
enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the same,
and/or for failing to particularly point out and distinctly
claim the subject matter which the appellants regard as the
invention.
2Claim 8 contains a minor error in that claim 8 depends
from claim 7, not claim 6.
3The filewrapper of this application fails to reveal that
the examiner searched this application. Upon return of this
application to the examiner, the examiner should ensure that
the required search be performed and recorded in the
filewrapper of this application.
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