Appeal No. 1999-0956
Application No. 08/584,084
claims 28, 39, and 48 are illustrative of the subject matter on
appeal. A copy of the appealed claims can be found in Appendix A
to appellants’ brief.1
The following reference has been relied upon by the examiner
as evidence of anticipation:
Labombarde 2,857,827 Oct. 28, 1958
Claims 28-53 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, “as being indefinite” (answer, page 5) and/or “as
being incomplete” (answer, pages 8-10).
Claims 28-53 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, “as based on a disclosure which is not enabling and
does not comply with the written description requirement”
(answer, page 2).
Claims 28-31 and 33-35 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Labombarde.
Reference is made to appellants’ main and reply briefs
(Paper Nos. 13 and 15) and to the examiner’s answer (Paper No.
14) for the respective positions of appellants and the examiner
regarding the merits of these rejections.
1Appendix A also includes a copy of claims 54-61, which, as
noted above, have been withdrawn from consideration pursuant to
37 CFR § 1.142(b).
2
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007