Appeal No. 1999-0899
Application No. 08/654,752
(a) "the other of said molds" (lines 11 and 12) lacks 2
positive antecedent basis, and (b) claim 19 to be indefinite
because "by only shot of melt resin" (lines 1 and 2) is
unclear.
(a) Claim 13
The test for compliance with 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, is "whether a claim reasonably apprises those of
skill in the art of its scope." In re Warmerdam, 33 F.3d
1354, 1361, 31 USPQ2d 1754, 1759 (Fed. Cir. 1994). Claim 13
recites, in lines 8 to 12, "a pair of male and female molds,"
"one of said molds," and "the other of said molds." In this
context, it is not evident to us how one of ordinary skill
could reasonably have any doubt as to what previously-recited
structure "the other of said molds" was intended to refer.
The rejection of claim 13 will not be sustained.
(b) Claim 19
On page 8 of the brief, appellants do not disagree with
2Claim lines referred to herein are numbered from the
lines of the claim copies in the appendix of appellants'
brief.
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