Appeal No. 1999-2193 Page 2
Application No. 08/975,338
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a method of
fabricating a polarization-maintaining silica optical fiber.
A substantially correct copy of the claims under appeal is set
forth in the appendix to the brief. 1
Claims 5 and 6, the only claims pending in this
application, stand rejected solely 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 enable one
skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is
most nearly connected, to make and/or use the invention.
The conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejection are set
forth in the examiner's answer (Paper No. 23, mailed February
23, 1999) and the appellants' brief (Paper No. 22, filed
December 18, 1998).
1A minor error in claim 5 is noted on page 3 of the
answer.
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