Appeal No. 2002-0098 Application No. 09/064,290 specification in the “Background” section describes computers, both special purpose (e.g., point-of-sale devices) and general purpose (e.g., computers for financial auditing) that would lead the artisan to infer that the claimed “means for assigning,” “means for monitoring,” and “means for detecting” refer to computers programmed to perform the claimed functions. Since we agree with appellants that a prima facie case for lack of enablement has not been set forth on this record, we find consideration of the declaration attached to the Brief unnecessary. We do not sustain the rejection of claims 1-23 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph. -8-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007