Appeal No. 1995-1703
Application 07/897,304
Appeal, Paper No. 13).
The record indicates that the instant application is a
continuation-in-part of Application 07/868,754, filed April
14, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,865,218, granted February, 2,
1999. Application 07/868,754 was involved in an appeal to this
Board (Appeal No. 95-1949) which was decided on January 2,
1996. The issues in the present appeal are essentially
similar to the issues in the earlier appeal.
The invention relates to “a multi-layer hose which can be
employed as a fuel line or vapor recovery line in a motor
vehicle” (specification, page 1). In essence, the hose
consists of an outer layer, an intermediate bonding layer and
an interior layer. A copy of the claims on appeal appears in
the appendix to the appellants’ main brief (Paper No. 19).
Claim 21 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, as being based on a specification which as
originally filed does not support the invention now claimed.
Claims 1, 2, 4 through 15 and 18 through 21 stand
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