Appeal No. 1999-0347 Page 7
Application No. 08/804,635
Kaslow, 707 F.2d 1366, 1375, 217 USPQ 1089, 1096 (Fed. Cir.
1983).
The examiner determined (answer, p. 6) that the following
lacked written description support: (1) the "means for sensing
countermeasures against said weapon transport device" as
recited in claim 1; and (2) the "means for sensing further
comprises means for sensing signals from said guidance system"
as recited in claim 2.
While there is no literal support in the original
disclosure for the two above-noted claimed limitations, we
agree with the appellant's argument (brief, pp. 7-8, and reply
brief, pp. 6-7) that the disclosure of the application as
originally filed reasonably conveys to the artisan that the5
inventor had possession at that time of the later claimed
subject matter (i.e., the two above-noted claimed
limitations).
5See, for example, page 9, lines 13-18; page 12, lines 1-
4; page 14, lines 1-19; page 16, lines 14-16; page 19, lines
1-15; and page 20, line 12, to page 22, line 11.
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