Appeal No. 1998-1736
Application 08/282,847
claims 2 to 5.
Rejections (3) and (4)
Since Faulkner and Magill, the two additional references
applied in these rejections, do not supply the deficiency of
the Snaper-Zenner combination discussed above, rejections (3)
and (4) likewise will not be sustained.
Rejection Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.196(b)
Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.196(b), claims 8 to 11 are rejected
for failure to comply with the requirements of the second
paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112, as follows:
(A) Claim 8 recites that the ultrasonic generating means
includes a transducer and a reflector, but is dependent on
claim 7, which recites that the ultrasonic generating means
comprises a first transducer and a second transducer opposite
thereto. Thus, claim 8 calls for apparatus which includes two
opposed transducers and a reflector and is indefinite when one
attempts to read it in light of the disclosure, because
appellants do not appear to disclose any such apparatus in the
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