Appeal No. 2003-1268 Page 2
Application No. 09/706,566
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to an automatic screw catching device
applicable to the bit of a power driven screwdriver for driving screws into a work piece.
A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
Claims 9 to 24 stand 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 enable one skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly
connected, to make and/or use the invention.
Claims 9 to 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as
being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
which the appellant regards as the invention.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 16, mailed January 9, 2003) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to the brief (Paper No. 15, filed October 31, 2002) and
reply brief (Paper No. 17, filed March 7, 2003) for the appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
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