Appeal No. 1997-1397
Application 08/411,245
to thirty minutes or more, depending on the properties of a
given site and the objectives of the survey). Further, the
“relatively short delay time” of recitation (2) means that the
time delay for recording signals would be sufficient to reach
steady state conditions (e.g., usually at least fifteen
seconds). While the claim language is broad in not stating
the specific time period for generating signals and the
specific time delay period, that breadth does not
make the claims indefinite. See, for example, In re Miller,
441 F.2d 689, 693, 169 USPQ 597, 600 (CCPA 1971) (breadth does
not automatically render a claim indefinite).
In light of the above, the rejection of claims 11-14
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, will not be
sustained.
The § 103 rejection
In rejecting the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103,
one of the differences of the appealed claims over Farr
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