Appeal No. 1999-2544 Page 4
Application No. 08/796,513
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 that follow.1
The 35 U.S.C. § 112 rejection of claims 1 through 11.
We do not sustain the examiner's rejection of appellant's
claims 1 through 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 112.
The examiner, in rejecting claims 1 through 11 under the
second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112, states that "for
1 Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.83(a), claimed features are required to be shown in the
drawing. Claim 1 recites an "electrical heating means for electrical heating
said fibers on their outer circumferential surface" which is described at page
5 of the appellant's specification, however the drawing accompanying the
specification does not show the heating means of claim 1. This matter should
be addressed by the appellant and/or the examiner during any further
prosecution.
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