Appeal No. 2004-0576 Page 2
Application No. 10/087,374
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to marine seismic surveying (specification, p. 1).
A copy of claims 2 to 11 is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief. Claim 1
reads as follows:
A boomer for generating acoustic signals in a marine seismic survey,
comprising:
a frame adapted to be towed by a survey vessel,
a coil mounted to the frame,
a conductive plate adjacent to the coil,
a capacitor mounted within the frame, and
a control electronics system mounted within the frame for delivering
electric charge stored in the capacitor to the coil.
Claims 1 to 11 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.1
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 10, mailed May 22, 2003) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support
1 The rejection of claims 1 to 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 made in the final rejection was withdrawn
by the examiner in the answer.
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