Ex parte ORTHMANN et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 95-4985                                                          
          Application No. 08/164,227                                                  


                    distributed over the periphery of and in                          
                    the walls of said constriction, and                               
              c)   the resultant mixture passes through a pipe in                    
                    which the components react to form a product                      
                    stream.                                                           
                                      PRIOR ART                                       
               The references of record relied upon by the examiner are:              
          Zaby et al. (Zaby)            5,117,048           May 26, 1992              
                                                  (filed Dec. 14, 1988)               
          Orthmann et al. (Orthmann)    5,360,885           Nov. 1, 1994              
                                                  (filed Dec. 07, 1993)               
          Sweeney, F. M, Introduction to Reaction Injection Molding,                  
          Technomic Pub., pp. 90-101 (1979) (hereinafter referred to as               
          “Sweeney”).                                                                 
                                      REJECTION                                       
               The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:                         
               (1) Claims 1 through 12 under the judicially created                   
          doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting as unpatentable               
          over the claims of U.S. Patent 5,360,885 (Orthmann);                        
               and                                                                    
               (2) Claims 1 through 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                       
          unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Zaby and                      
          Sweeney.                                                                    


                                     DISCUSSION                                       
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