Appeal No. 1998-0631
Application 07/957,990
mechanically communicated data, while "pressure signals" are
electrical signals (Br29-30).
The Examiner maintains that the claim is unclear
because "data" in this art generally refers to some type of
electronic signal (EA13).
We agree with Appellant that the claim language is
clear to one of ordinary skill in the art, who would have
been able to distinguish between mechanically transmitted
data ("pressure data") and electrical signals ("pressure
signals"). We disagree with the Examiner's interpretation
of "data" as requiring an electrical signal. This basis for
the rejection of claim 208 is reversed.
As to the statement that it is indefinite how one
mechanical element can collect data from another mechanical
element, Appellant points to the specification, page 7,
lines 1-5, and notes that one mechanical element collects
pressure data from another mechanical element when one
element presses on the other (Br30).
The Examiner does not respond to this argument.
Appellant's argument is rational and persuasive. This basis
for the rejection of claim 208 is reversed.
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