Appeal No. 1999-0112 Page 4
Application No. 08/693,614
Claims 5 through 8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to
particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
which the applicant regards as the invention.
As set forth in the preamble of claim 5 the subject
matter the appellant regards as his invention is "a slide
mount". However, we note the body of claim 5 additionally sets
forth
a rectangular film portion having first opposing
lateral edges, a partial gap portion at each of
said first opposing lateral edge, and a
rectangular photographed screen between the
first opposing lateral edges, each of the
partial gap portions having therein a pair of
holes being cut nearly in half forming open
engaging holes in the opposing lateral edges...
whereby said rectangular film portion is
positioned securely in the slide mount when said
cover is closed over said rectangular film
portion having a convex portion causing said
rectangular film to be extended forcing the open
engaging holes against said four positioning
pins and causing the photographed screen to be
centered therein.
This recitation conveys the impression that the subject matter
on appeal is something more than just a slide mount as set
forth in the preamble of claim 5. That is, that the subject
matter on appeal is an assembly of components apparently
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