Appeal No. 2002-1888
Application No. 09/185,493
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 19, a copy of which appears in the APPENDIX to
the revised brief (Paper No. 24).
As evidence of anticipation, the examiner has applied the
document specified below:
Brimmer 5,669,132 Sep. 23, 1997
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claims 6, 9, 11, 13 through 15, and 19 through 21 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being
indefinite.
Claims 6, 9, 11, 13 through 15, and 19 through 21 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Brimmer.
The full text of the examiner’s rejections and response to
the argument presented by appellant appears in the final
rejection and the answer (Paper Nos. 17 and 25), while the
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