Appeal No. 2001-1334
Application No. 09/251,656
PRIOR ART
The reference relied on by the examiner as evidence of
anticipation is:
Schaar 3,731,689 May 8, 1973
THE REJECTIONS
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as failing to particularly point out and distinctly
claim the subject matter the appellant regards as the
invention.
Claim 1 also stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Schaar.
Attention is directed to the appellant’s brief (Paper No.
8) and to the examiner’s final rejection and answer (Paper
Nos. 4 and 9) for the respective positions of the appellant
and the examiner with regard to the merits of these
rejections.
DISCUSSION
I. The 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, rejection
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