Appeal No. 1997-1506 Page 3
Application No. 08/442,413
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a flexible switch
and a method for elastic bending of a steel support. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claims 12 and 14, which appear in the appendix to
the appellants' brief.2
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Rosenbaum et al. (Rosenbaum) 2,997,004 Aug.
22, 1961
The following rejections are before us for review.
1. Claims 5 through 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph, as being based on a disclosure which
fails to adequately teach how to make and/or use the
invention.
2. Claims 11 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
112, first paragraph, as, according to the examiner, the
specification, as originally filed, does not provide support
for the invention as is now claimed.
2Errors in reproducing the claims in the appendix are noted by the
examiner on pages 3 and 4 of the answer.
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