Appeal No. 1998-2657
Application No. 08/659,359
Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.196(b), we enter the following new
rejections:
(A) Claims 1 and 3 to 5 are rejected for failure to comply
with the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112.
Claim 1 reads:
A laser aiming device comprising:
a housing simulating a generally circular golf hole
defining an axially extending diameter;
said housing being positioned on an adjacent floor, said
floor providing a surface for putting a golf ball thereon,
said golf hole providing a target for putting thereto;
said housing including a bore, the axis of said bore
lying in the vertical plane parallel to and passing through
said diameter;
a laser module mounted in said bore adapted to emit a
laser beam coincident with said axis thereof; and
said laser beam projecting an illuminated mark on said
surface forwardly of said target thereby providing a reference
means defining an optimum path of a successful putt aimed at
said target.
The expression "the axis of said bore lying in the
vertical plane parallel to and passing through said diameter"
in lines 7 to 9 of claim 1 is inconsistent and causes the
claim to be indefinite. If a plane is parallel to a line, by
definition the plane and line do not intersect; therefore, the
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