Appeal No. 1999-0515 Page 3
Application No. 08/620,256
German Offenlegungsschrift 2,113,601 Sep. 28,
19721
(Nowak)
THE REJECTIONS
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.
Claims 1-20 also stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Nowak in view of Sain. 2
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner’s full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejections and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellant regarding the rejections, we make reference to the
Examiner’s Answer (Paper No. 10) and to the Appellant’s Briefs
(Papers No. 9 and 11).
OPINION
1A copy of a PTO translation of this reference is
enclosed.
2 Called “Ols” by the examiner.
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