Appeal No. 1999-1758
Application No. 08/787,971
1990
Nimtz 5,064,178 Nov. 12, 1991
Claims 1-8 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph, as containing subject matter which was not
described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably
convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor at
the time the application was filed, had possession of the
claimed invention. According to the examiner “[t]he phrase
‘configured to releasably engage and grip at least two
adjacent or two opposing surfaces of a jaw of a beam clamp’ in
claim 1, lines 3-4 is new matter and is required to be
deleted.”
Claims 1-8 and 10 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 appellant regards as the invention.
Claims 1-4, 8 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
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