Appeal No. 1998-3402 Page 4
Application No. 08/190,929
rejections, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 26,
mailed February 19, 1998) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the brief
(Paper No. 25, filed December 15, 1997) and reply brief (Paper
No. 27, filed April 20, 1998) for the appellants' arguments
thereagainst.
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 make the
determinations which follow.
The indefiniteness rejection
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 4 and 5 under
35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph.
Claims are considered to be definite, as required by the
second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112, when they define the
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