Appeal No. 2002-1213
Application No. 09/293,019
provides for automated transport of toothbrushes from the molds
(3) to a further processing station (5) and then to a packaging
machine (17). Each of these references should be evaluated along
with the AAPA.
As for claims 8-10 and 25-33 on appeal, we note that these
claims appear to have problems under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, since in claim 8, lines 4 and 5, respectively, there
is no clear antecedent basis for "said first injection unit" or
"said second injection unit." In claim 25, there is no clear
antecedent basis for "said mold cavities" set forth in line 5.
During any further prosecution of the present application
the examiner would be well served to treat the claims separately
instead of in a "shotgun" fashion and would benefit from
following the guidance provided in MPEP §§ 706.02(j) and 2141-
2145.
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