Appeal No. 1998-1798 Page 4
Application No. 08/596,538
rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper
No. 7, mailed June 13, 1997) and the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 10, mailed January 21, 1998) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the appellant's
brief (Paper No. 9, filed November 17, 1997) and reply brief
(Paper No. 11, filed March 16, 1998) for the appellant's
arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellant's specification and
claims, to the applied prior art reference, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determinations which follow.
The indefiniteness issue
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 1 to 9, 17,
19 and 20 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph.
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