Appeal No. 1997-1190
Application No. 08/427,972
317, 319 (CCPA 1968) ("When an invention, in its different
aspects, involves distinct arts, that specification is
adequate which enables the adepts of each art, those who have
the best chance of being enabled, to carry out the aspect
proper to their specialty."); Ex parte Zechnall, 194 USPQ 461,
461 (Bd. App. 1973) ("[A]ppellants' disclosure must be held
sufficient if it would enable a person skilled in the
electronic computer art, in cooperation with a person skilled
in the fuel injection art, to make and use appellants'
invention.").
The examiner argues that the specification lacks the
necessary details of the rotating electric coupling 12, the
connecting socket 8, the socket connector 15, the subs 4 and
10, the pin connector 6, and the processing installation 13
(supplemental answer, pages 7 and 8). On pages 9 through 13
of the main brief, appellants argue that the structure of the
electric couplings and subs are well known to persons of
ordinary skill in the art. In support, the appellants refer
to the disclosures of the patents and publications cited in
the amendment filed December 15, 1994 (Paper No. 11).
Appellants further point to pages 13 and 14 of the
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