Appeal No. 2001-1355
Application No. 09/110,348
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 5, 7 and 8 stand 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.
Claims 1 through 5, 7 through 9 and 11 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as being based on a
specification that fails to comply with the written
description requirement of this section of the statute.
Claims 1 through 4 and 7 through 9 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Karge in view of
MacCracken.
Claims 5 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Karge in view of MacCracken and
Little.
Attention is directed to the appellant’s brief (Paper No.
19) and to the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 20) for the
respective positions of the appellant and the examiner with
regard to the merits of these rejections.
DISCUSSION
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