Appeal No. 2001-0610 Page 2 Application No. 08/931,932 derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which appears in the appendix to the appellant's Brief. The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is: Ohlson 3,425,314 Feb. 4, 1969 Claims 3-10, 16 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the appellant regards as the invention. Claims 1, 12, 15, 16 and 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being clearly anticipated by Ohlson. Claims 2 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Ohlson. Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the Answer (Paper No. 7) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the Brief (Paper No. 6) and Reply Brief (Paper No. 8) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst. OPINIONPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007