Appeal No. 98-0605
Application 08/383,191
with a heater as taught by Ohlsson in order to achieve
Ohlsson's expressly stated advantage of providing air with a
"low relative moisture content."
In summary:
The rejection of claims 1-3, 5, 7-10, 16, 19, 20 and 27
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Whitman is
reversed.
New rejections of claims 1-20 and 27 under 35 U.S.C. §
112, first and second paragraphs, have been made.
New rejections of claims 1-10, 14, 16, 19 and 20 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 have been made.
This decision contains new grounds of rejection pursuant
to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)(amended effective Dec. 1, 1997, by final
rule notice, 62 Fed. Reg. 53,131, 53,197 (Oct. 10, 1997), 1203
Off. Gaz. Pat. & Trademark Office 63, 122 (Oct. 21, 1997)).
37 CFR
§ 1.196(b) provides that, “A new ground of rejection shall not
be considered final for purposes of judicial review.”
37 CFR § 1.196(b) also provides that the appellant,
WITHIN TWO MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE DECISION, must exercise
one of the following two options with respect to the new
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