Appeal No. 1998-2019 Page 2 Application No. 08/398,752 BACKGROUND The appellant's invention relates to a device used for plugging an opening into and locating a receptacle in an anchor for a base used on a playing field. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which appears in the appendix to the appellant's brief.1 The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are: Shopbell 3,371,647 Mar. 5, 1968 Graw 2,457,655 Jun. 10, 19762 (German patent document) The following rejections are before us for review. 1. Claims 1-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the appellant regards as the invention. 1The copy of claim 1 in the appendix to the appellant's brief contains a minor error in line 11 thereof in that the claim of record reads "playing field surface" and not "playing ground surface." 2An English language translation of this reference, prepared by the Patent and Trademark Office, is appended hereto.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007