Appeal No. 2004-0410
Application No. 09/509,415
2.22 whereas the drawing contains no such figure. Similarly,
“Area 6, Fig. 2" is referred to on line 12 of specification page
7, but no such area 6 is labeled in figure 2 of the drawing. The
claims portion of the specification also contains informalities.
As an example, the claim 11, step (b), recitation “placing the
sticks sequentially into a rows of each predetermined number of
sticks” lacks syntax.
The appeal process is not an appropriate vehicle by which to
raise and resolve all application informalities. It follows that
the informalities listed above are presented here for purposes of
exemplification only. Upon return of this application to the
jurisdiction of the Examining Corps, the appellants and the
examiner should not only rectify these informalities but also
should carefully study the application file in order to identify
and ultimately correct any other informalities which may exist.
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