Appeal No. 1997-2937
Application No. 08/420,562
rejecting a claim under the enablement requirement of § 112,
the examiner again bears the initial burden of setting forth a
reasonable explanation as to why it is believed that the scope
of the protection provided by the claim is not adequately
enabled by the description of the invention provided in the
specification, including sufficient reasons for doubting any
assertions in the specification as to the scope of enablement.
In re Wright, 999 F.2d 1557, 1561-62, 27 USPQ2d 1510, 1513
(Fed. Cir. 1993).
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