Appeal No. 2001-1276
Application No. 09/122,519
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the indefiniteness and
enablement issues raised in this appeal, this panel of the board
has carefully considered appellant's specification and claim 1,
and the respective viewpoints of appellant and the examiner. As
a consequence of our review, we make the determinations which
follow.
We are constrained to sustain the rejection of appellant's
claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, as well as the rejection of the
dependent claims, which latter claims stand or fall with claim 1
as earlier indicated. Our reasons appear below.
While the examiner has failed to denote the particular
paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. § 112 at issue, the content of the
rejection (final rejection; page 2) makes it apparent that
35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph (indefiniteness) and 35 U.S.C.
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