Appeal No. 2000-1011
Application 09/042,761
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite
for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the
subject matter which applicants regard as the invention.
Claims 15, 20 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102
as anticipated by Hageman.
Claims 1 through 14 and 17 through 19 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Hageman.
Claims 15, 20 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102
as anticipated by Hahn.
Claims 1 through 14 and 17 through 19 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Hahn.
The appeal brief includes a statement by the appellants
that the claims do not stand or fall together, and the brief
includes separate arguments directed to individual claims.
OPINION
We have carefully reviewed the rejections on appeal in
light of the arguments of the appellants and the examiner. As
a result of this review we have determined that claims 1
through 15 and 17 through 19 are not indefinite under 35
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