Appeal No. 1998-2817
Application No. 08/455,366
to the arguments presented by the appellants appears in the
final rejection (Paper No. 8) and the answer (Paper No. 14),
while the complete statement of the appellants’ arguments can
be found in the brief (Paper No. 13).
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellants’ specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we have made the
determinations which follow.
35 U.S.C. § 112, Second Paragraph
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 1, 3 through
7, 9 through 13, 15 through 19, 21 through 26 and 28 through
36 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph.
The second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 requires claims
to set out and circumscribe a particular area with a
reasonable degree of precision and particularity. In re
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