Ex parte GOLDEN et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 2001-0337                                       Page 2           
          Application No. 29/091,083                                                  


                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The design application was filed with two figures.                     
          Figure 1 being a side view of a side portion of a motorcycle                
          rocker box.  Figure 2 is an enlarged side view of the side                  
          portion of a motorcycle rocker box of Figure 1.  On the sole                
          page of the specification, the appellants state that                        
                    [t]he present invention is directed to the design                 
               illustrated in the drawings.  The other features of the                
               drawings, such as the motorcycle shown in Fig. 1, are not              
               considered part of the design sought to be patented, and               
               have accordingly been shown in broken lines.                           
                    The design sought to be patented is not visible in                
               the front, rear, top, bottom and left side views.                      
               Accordingly, these views have been omitted.                            


               The sole rejection before is in this appeal is the                     
          rejection of the design claim under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first                  
          paragraph, as the claimed invention is not described in such                
          full, clear, concise and exact terms as to enable any person                
          skilled in the art to make and use the same.                                


               Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced              
          by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted                
          rejection, we make reference to the first Office action (Paper              







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