Ex parte UGGE et al. - Page 4




                 Appeal No. 1997-0601                                                                                                                   
                 Application 08/161,878                                                                                                                 


                 over Ohta under 35 U.S.C. § 103.  Claims 1 to 3, 6, 12 and 16                                                                          
                 also stand rejected over Ohta and Alonas under 35 U.S.C. §                                                                             
                 103.  Finally, claims 12 to 14 stand rejected over Ohta and                                                                            
                 Schovanec under 35 U.S.C. § 103.                                                                                                       





                 Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants and the                                                                                 
                 Examiner, we make reference to the briefs  and the answer for             2                                                            
                 the respective details thereof.                                                                                                        
                                                                     OPINION                                                                            
                          We have considered the rejections advanced by the                                                                             
                 Examiner and the supporting arguments.  We have, likewise,                                                                             
                 reviewed the Appellants' arguments set forth in the briefs.                                                                            
                 We affirm.                                                                                                                             
                          Regarding the requirement for enablement, the test is                                                                         
                 whether one skilled in the art could make and use the claimed                                                                          
                 invention from the disclosure coupled with information known                                                                           


                          2A reply brief was filed as paper no. 12 and its entry                                                                        
                 was approved by the Examiner [paper no. 13] without any                                                                                
                 further response by the Examiner.                                                                                                      
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