Appeal No. 1997-3146
Application 08/558,670
an output device coupled to said setting means for
enabling a user to select said given load capacitance by
providing a number corresponding to said given load capaci-
tance, wherein said input device develops a numerical measure
signal according to said number provided by the user, said
numerical measure signal is received by said setting means to
develop said setting signal.
No prior art has been relied upon by the Examiner in
the rejection of the claims under appeal.
Claims 1 through 20 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 the invention. The Examiner objected to Appellants'
specifi- cation under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, for
failing to provide an enabling disclosure. Claims 1 through
20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, for
being based upon the reasons set forth in the objection to the
specification. Rather than repeat the arguments of Appel-
lants or the Examiner, we make reference to the briefs and 2
the answer for the details thereof.
2On December 24, 1996, Appellants filed an appeal brief.
On February 5, 1997, Appellants filed a reply brief. On March
3, 1997, the Examiner mailed an Office communication stating
that the reply brief has been entered and considered but no
further response by the Examiner is deemed necessary.
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