Appeal No. 1999-1505 Page 8
Application No. 08/638,454
claimed by him; how the specification accomplishes this is not
material." In re Wertheim, 541 F.2d 257, 262, 191 USPQ 90,
96 (CCPA 1976).
Claim 12 recites a housing having "an opening through
said bottom surface, said opening being sufficiently narrow to
permit the unused portion of said product within said housing
to be protected from outside forces and remain in a usable
condition." Claim 12 further recites "said opening being
positioned through said front portion." Claim 16 recites
making "an opening through the bottom front surface of said
housing."
We have reviewed the originally filed disclosure and find
no express disclosure for the above-noted limitations of
claims 12 and 16. In addition to an express disclosure, the
written description requirement can be satisfied by showing
that the disclosed subject matter, when given its "necessary
and only
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