Appeal No. 1997-3798 Page 6
Application No. 08/272,018
It is our view that the inventor had possession, as of
the filing date of this application, the specific subject
matter set forth in the last paragraph of claim 2, claim 15
and claim 16. The original specification clearly described
(p. 5) that the backing bar had "keyhole slots 28 which each
comprise a circular hole in the bar with a slot in the back of
the bar at the same side as the connections 22." Figures 2
and 4 of the original drawings clearly depict each keyhole
slot 28 as including a circular hole and a slot. The slot
portion of each keyhole slot 28 is depicted in Figures 2 and 4
as two lines that appear to us to be at least substantially
parallel to each other. From the drawings and the description
of the keyhole slots 28, we conclude that the appellant has
conveyed with reasonable clarity to those skilled in the art
that, as of the filing date of this application, he was in
possession of the now claimed invention. In that regard, it
is our opinion that one skilled in that art would have drawn
from the appellant's description of the keyhole slots 28 and
the showing thereof in Figures 2 and 4 an understanding that
the slot portion of the keyhole slot was rectangular.
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