Appeal No. 1999-0011
Application No. 08/428,812
Bossen et al. (Bossen) 3,582,878 Jun 01, 1971
Price et al. (Price) 5,418,796 May 23, 1995
Claims 1 to 10 and 12 to 14 stand rejected under the
second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112. Claims 1 to 4 stand
rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Bossen, while
claims
5 to 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Bossen and Price.
Rather than repeat in toto the positions and the
arguments of Appellants and the Examiner, we make reference to
the Brief and the Answer for their respective positions.
OPINION
We have considered the rejection advanced by the
Examiner. We have, likewise, reviewed Appellants' arguments
against the rejections as set forth in the Brief.
We affirm-in-part.
REJECTION UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 112
The second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 requires claims
to set out and circumscribe a particular area with a
reasonable degree of precision and particularity. In re
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