Appeal No. 2000-0523
Application 08/583,307
Claim 13 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
obvious over Brown.
Claims 1 through 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b) as being anticipated by Martin, and in the alternative
under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over Martin.
Attention is directed to the appellants’ brief (Paper No.
17) and to the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 18) for the
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner with
regard to the merits of these rejections.
DISCUSSION
I. The 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, rejection
The second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 requires claims
to set out and circumscribe a particular area with a
reasonable degree of precision and particularity. In re
Johnson, 558 F.2d 1008, 1015, 194 USPQ 187, 193 (CCPA 1977).
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