Appeal 97-1458
Application 08/329,940
a. C F NO sold as PF-5052 by 3M constitutes an
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enabling disclosure and
b. whether C F NO sold as PF-5052 by 3M can
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properly be characterized as a
"perfluoronitroalkane."4
As to these two issues, the remand is for further proceedings
consisting with the views expressed in this opinion.
2. The examiner's second rejection of claims 1-20
under the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 is reversed as to
claims 5-8, 10-11, 14, and 17-20 and is vacated and remanded
as to claims 1-4, 9, 12-13 and 15-16 to the extent the
rejection raises the issues of whether:
a. C F NO sold as PF-5052 by 3M constitutes an
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enabling disclosure and
b. whether C F NO sold as PF-5052 by 3M can
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properly be characterized as a
"perfluoronitroalkane."
As to these two issues, the remand is for further proceedings
consisting with the views expressed in this opinion.
There may be an element of whether certain claims are definite within the
meaning of the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 insofar as this issue is concerned.
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