Appeal No. 1998-1224
Application No. 08/465,077
general it is not the function of the claims to
specifically exclude possible inoperative embodiments.
In re Dinh-Nguyen, 492 F.2d 856, 858-59, 181 USPQ 46, 48
(CCPA 1974).
See also In re Kamal, 398 F.2d 867, 872, 158 USPQ 320,
324 (CCPA 1968); In re Anderson, 471 F.2d 1237, 1242, 176
USPQ 331, 334-35 (CCPA 1973) and In re Sarett, 327 F.2d
1005, 1019, 140 USPQ 474, 486 (CCPA 1964).
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
REVERSED
MARC L. CAROFF )
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