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Re: Art cited in spec but not in IDS--considered?
« Reply #5 on: Mar 23rd, 2007, 3:57pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
on Mar 23rd, 2007, 2:46pm, Azcatl wrote:
I still wonder why the applicant did it this way.  Was he counting on the usual practice of the examiner not reading the spec?

 
I suspect that sloppiness on the prosecutors fault and no deliberate attempt to sneak something by in plain sight.   Examiners do tend to look at the background section for admissions to use against an application.
 
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