Appeal No. 1999-2035 Page 6
Application No. 07/772,698
not indefinite. See Ex parte Porter, 25 USPQ2d 1144, 1146
(Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1992).
With this as background, we analyze the specific
rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, made by
the examiner of the claims on appeal. The examiner determined
(answer, p. 3) that (1) in claim 32, there is no antecedent
basis for "the front of the net," and (2) in claim 37, it is
not clear as to what is meant by "traditional court markings
of which the identification means correspond."
We agree with the appellant's argument (reply brief, pp.
2-3) that the specific terms found objectionable by the
examiner are not recited in claims 32 and 37. In that regard,
claim 32 recites "the front by the net" not "the front of the
net" and claim 37 recites "the identifying means further
includes markings corresponding to traditional court marks"
not "traditional court markings of which the identification
means correspond."
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