Ex parte HIGHAM et al. - Page 7




                     Appeal No. 1999-1773                                                                                                                                               
                     Application No. 08/497,858                                                                                                                                         


                     declaration filed on behalf of appellants.  The declarant sets forth the high level of                                                                             
                     knowledge and skill of persons working in this art, and the examiner has given no reasons                                                                          
                     why the statements of the declaration should be doubted or considered as untrue.                                                                                   
                     In summary, we have considered the examiner’s rejection under both the written                                                                                     
                     description requirement and the enablement requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 112.  We have                                                                                
                     found that the claimed invention clearly has written description support in the original                                                                           
                     application.  We have also found that the examiner has failed to establish that it would                                                                           
                     require undue experimentation to make and use the claimed invention.  Accordingly, the                                                                             
                     decision of the examiner rejecting claims 2-4, 6 and 8-10 under 35 U.S.C. § 112 is                                                                                 
                     reversed.                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                  REVERSED                                                                                              



                     .                                JERRY SMITH                                                      )                                                                
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                                           JOSEPH F. RUGGIERO                                                          )     APPEALS AND                                                
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                                           LANCE LEONARD BARRY                                                         )                                                                
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