Appeal No. 1997-2198
Application 08/262,953
Ercoli et al. (Ercoli) 2,652,355 Sep. 15, 1953
Gibson 5,015,470 May 14, 1991
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 13-18, 20 and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph, on the ground that the specification
fails to provide an enabling disclosure. The claims stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows: claims 1-12 over
each of Brodbeck, Ercoli and Gibson, and claims 13-18 and 20-
25 over Gibson.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments
advanced by appellant and the examiner and agree with
appellant that the aforementioned rejections are not well
founded. Accordingly, we reverse these rejections.
Rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph
Regarding enablement, a predecessor of our appellate
reviewing court stated in In re Marzocchi, 439 F.2d 220, 223-
24, 169 USPQ 367, 369-70 (CCPA 1971):
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