Appeal No. 2004-0551 Page 2
Application No. 09/393,256
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a method of cleaning and an associated
device. ln particular, the appellant's invention is related to the general field of ultrasonic
cleaning. The appellant's invention is especially useful in cleaning dirt and oxides from
electrical contacts. The appellant's invention is also related to the field of atomizing or
spraying a liquid, and in particular ultrasonic atomization or spraying (specification, p.
1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's
brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Kurokawa et al. (Kurokawa) 4,844,343 July 4, 1989
Weiland 5,070,881 Dec. 10, 1991
The following rejections are before us in this appeal:1
(1) Claims 1 to 10 and 21 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 reasonably
convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the appellant, at the time the application
was filed, had possession of the claimed invention;
1 The rejection of claims 30 and 31 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, made in the final
rejection was withdrawn by the examiner in the answer (p. 6).
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