Appeal No. 2007-0379 Page 6
Application No. 10/045,301
treated water source 12, 104 that shares at least part of said cabinet such that
said treated water source 12, 104 is integral with said water-using unit 10, 102.
In addition, the water-using unit 10, 102 of claim 20 includes a host
system 14, 106 performing host functions. The host system 14, 106 of claim 20
is coupled to a treated water source 12, 104 and a separate unit 108, 110 that is
remote from water-using unit 10, 102 such that said separate unit 108, 110 does
not share the same cabinet. Claim 20, however, requires that the separate unit
108, 110 is supplied by the same treated water source 12, 104 as the water-
using unit 10, 102.
Claim 20 also requires the separate unit 108, 110 to have a second user
access area, wherein said first and second user access areas are not presented
as a combined user access area.
DISCUSSION
New Matter:
Claims 1, 6-8, 11-15, and 18-31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph, as lacking adequate written descriptive support.
According to the examiner, “[c]laims 1, 20 and 31, as amended, recite the
treated water source as sharing at least a part of a cabinet to have the treated
water source integral with the water-using unit [10, 102].” Answer, page 3. The
examiner finds, however, that appellant’s specification fails to describe this
structure. Id. According to the examiner, the specification does not demonstrate
“how the cabinet would make the units integral.” Id. In addition, the examiner
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