Appeal No. 2003-1208
Application 09/590,805
which the second and third leads of the first device are
connected to ground and the first leads of the first and second
devices are connected to power. The original disclosure,
therefore, indicates that the integrated circuit claimed in the
present claim 6 is not subject matter which the appellants regard
as their invention. Accordingly, claim 6 is rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph.
Claim 6 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph,
as containing subject matter which was not described in the
specification in such a way as to convey to one skilled in the
relevant art that the inventors, at the time the application was
filed, had possession of the claimed invention.
The appellants’ original claim 6 required that “said second
lead of said first device is connected to ground, said third lead
of said first device is connected to power, and said third lead
of said second device is connected to power.” This wording is
the same as that of the description of the relevant embodiment in
the appellants’ specification (page 5, lines 23-25). Hence, the
appellants’ original disclosure does not indicate that the
appellants were in possession of the integrated circuit claimed
in present claim 6 wherein the second and third leads of the
first device are connected to ground and the first leads of the
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