Appeal No. 2000-0431 Page 7
Application No. 08/789,127
II. Claims 8-10, 22-25, and 29-32
Under 37 C.F.R. § 1.196(b), we enter a new ground of
rejection against claims 8-10, 22-25, and 29-32. The second
paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 requires that the specification
conclude “with one or more claims particularly pointing out and
distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant
regards as his invention.” “The test for definiteness is whether
one skilled in the art would understand the bounds of the claim
when read in light of the specification.” Orthokinetics Inc., v.
Safety Travel Chairs, Inc., 806 F.2d 1565, 1576, 1 USPQ2d 1081,
1088 (Fed. Cir. 1986).
Here, independent claim 22 specifies in pertinent part the
following limitations:
running along running lanes in a zigzag fashion by
beginning at a starting Y coordinate, and, repeatedly;
running along one of plurality of lanes in a
Y direction, moving by a prescribed pitch in an
X direction perpendicular to the Y direction, and
running in one of a plurality of lanes in a direction
opposite to the Y direction until the starting
Y coordinate is reached;
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