Appeal No. 1997-0031
Application 07/987,669
pending in the application. We reverse. 2
The invention relates to “a process for using a set of
transparent and opaque ceramic colors or mineral pigments to
obtain a permanent representation of full-tone, full-color
photographs on a base” (specification, page 1). A copy of the
claims on appeal appears in the appendix to the appellant’s
reply brief (Paper No. 25).
Claims 17 through 21, 24 and 25 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as failing to particularly
point out and distinctly claim the subject matter the
appellant regards as the invention.
Claim 24 also stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph, as being based on a specification which fails
to comply with the written description requirement of this
section of the statute.
Reference is made to the appellant’s main brief (Paper
No. 20) and to the examiner’s main answer (Paper No. 21) for
2Independent claim 17 has been amended subsequent to
final rejection. As noted by the examiner on page 3 in the
supplemental answer (Paper No. 26), the amendment to claim 17
renders dependent claim 19 redundant.
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