Appeal No. 1999-0112 Page 3
Application No. 08/693,614
filed July 6, 1998) and reply brief (Paper No. 18, filed
October 16, 1998) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellant's specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determinations which follow.
NEW GROUND OF REJECTION
Under the authority of 37 CFR § 1.196(b), this panel of
the Board introduces the following new ground of rejection as
to claims 5 through 8.
Claims are considered to satisfy the requirements in the
second paragraph of § 112 if they define the metes and bounds
of the claimed subject matter with a reasonable degree of
precision and particularity. See In re Venezia, 530 F.2d 956,
958, 189 USPQ 149, 151 (CCPA 1976).
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