Appeal No. 2002-1888
Application No. 09/185,493
complete statement of appellant’s argument can be found in the
revised brief (Paper No. 24).
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the issues raised in this
appeal, this panel of the board has carefully considered
appellant’s specification and claims,1 the applied prior art
document, and the respective viewpoints of appellant and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determinations which follow.
The indefiniteness issue
We do not sustain the rejection of claims 6, 9, 11, 13
through 15, and 19 through 21 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite.
1 For consistency, the word --tool-- should be inserted
after “cutter” in claim 19, lines 3 and 15.
3
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