Appeal 2006-1989
Application 09/772,278
Patent 5,996,948
contain 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
inventor, at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed
invention.
Claim 1 recites “a plurality of offsets located . . . in said first rim for
laterally displacing each wire leg relative to said first rim.” This limitation
has no support in Appellant’s Specification as filed. While the Appellant’s
originally filed Figures 12 and 13 describe offsets in the rim, those offsets do
not laterally displace the wire leg relative to the rim. Rather, offsets in the
rim which do laterally displace the wire leg relative to the rim are only
described in amended Figures 12 and 13 found in the Amendment to the
drawings filed October 14, 1999. The original Examiner found those
amended figures to be new matter and entry of the Amendment was denied
(Appellant notified January 20, 2000).
Claim 5 recites a further limitation of the offsets in the rims.
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