Appeal No. 1999-0279 Page 3
Application No. 08/926,986
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a steering apparatus
for an automotive vehicle. An understanding of the invention
can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 5, which
appears in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The claims on appeal stand rejected on the following
grounds:
(1) Claims 3 through 5 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph,
as the specification fails to adequately teach how to make
and/or use the invention, and
(2) Claims 3 through 5 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly
point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the
appellants regard as the invention.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (mailed
July 16, 1998) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
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