Appeal No. 2001-1360
Application 09/290,056
1983). The content of the drawings may also be considered in
determining compliance with the written description
requirement. Id.
In short, the disclosure of the application as originally
filed would not reasonably convey to the artisan that the
appellants had possession at that time of the mixed
collar/securing means structure now recited in claims 8 through
12 and 16 via their dependency from claim 1.
SUMMARY
The decision of the examiner to reject claims 1 through 12
and 15 through 22 is affirmed with respect to claims 21 and 22
and reversed with respect to claims 1 through 12 and 15 through
20; and new rejections of claims 8 through 12 and 16 are
entered pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b).
In addition to affirming the examiner’s rejection of one
or more claims, this decision contains new grounds of rejection
pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)(amended effective Dec. 1, 1997,
by final rule notice, 62 Fed. Reg. 53,131, 53,197 (Oct. 10,
1997), 1203 Off. Gaz. Pat. & Trademark Office 63, 122 (Oct. 21,
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