In re Coleman

LANE, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals, adhered to on reconsideration, affirming the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1-3, 6-13, and 15-18 of appellant’s application1 entitled “Flexible Conduit” as failing to satisfy the requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 112. We reverse.

The claims on appeal are drawn to a flexible conduit comprising a strip-wound metal hose encased in a seamless plastic jacket and its method of manufacture. The plastic jacket is extruded onto the hose, and a problem which arises is the penetration of the plastic into the interstices…