Appeal No. 98-1563 Page 3
Application No. 08/469,198
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an apparatus for
manufacturing cement clinker. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 39,
which appears in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Yokota et al. (Yokota) 5,478,234 Dec. 26, 1995
Sukuki et al. (Sukuki) 63-60134 (Japan)2 Mar. 16, 1988
Claims 39 and 52 stand rejected under the judicially
created doctrine of double patenting over claims 1-21 of
Yokota.
Claims 39 and 52 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first and second paragraphs, as the claimed invention is not
described in such full, clear, concise and exact terms as to
2In determining the teachings of Sukuki, we will rely on
the translation provided by the PTO. A copy of the
translation is attached for the appellants' convenience.
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