Appeal No. 2000-0330 Page 4
Application No. 08/684,871
Claims 18-37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 2, as
indefinite. Claims 18-20 and 23-31 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(e) as anticipated by Foglar. Claims 21, 22, and 32-
37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over Foglar
in view of Edmaier.
OPINION
After considering the record, we are persuaded that the
examiner erred in rejecting claims 18-37. Accordingly, we
reverse. However, we enter a new ground of rejection under 37
C.F.R. § 1.196(b). We address the following rejections:
• indefiniteness rejection
• anticipation and obviousness rejections
• new ground of rejection.
We start with the indefiniteness rejection.
I. Indefiniteness Rejection
Rather than reiterate the arguments of the examiner or
appellant in toto, we address the two points of contention
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