Appeal No. 1998-0023
Application 08/470,374
rejections, we refer to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 24,
mailed February 7, 1997) and to the supplemental examiner’s
answer (Paper No. 30) for the examiner’s reasoning in support
of the rejections and to the brief (Paper No. 23, filed
January 10, 1997) and reply brief (Paper No. 27) for
appellants’ arguments to the contrary.
OPINION
In arriving at our decision in this appeal, we have
carefully considered appellants’ specification and claims
(both as originally filed and as amended), the applied
references, and the respective positions of the examiner and
appellants regarding the issues before us on appeal. As a
consequence of our review, we have made the determinations
which follow.
Turning first to the examiner's rejection of claims 17
through 30 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, we note
that the test for determining compliance with the written
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