Appeal No. 1997-1431
Application No. 08/323,976
The examiner relies on no references in the answer.
Claims 5-17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, for failing to particularly point out and
distinctly claim the subject matter which appellants regard as
their invention.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the
examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejection advanced by the examiner and the
arguments in support of the rejection advanced by the
examiner. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into
consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellants’
arguments set forth in the brief along with the examiner’s
rationale in support of the rejection and arguments in
rebuttal set forth in the examiner’s answer.
It is our view, after consideration of the record
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