Appeal No. 1996-0941
Application 08/091,421
1994
(filed Sep. 23,
1992)
P. Barnes, Structure and Performance of Cements 376-77, 429
(Applied Science Publishers 1983).
References relied upon by appellants
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms 73,
934 (McGraw-Hill, undated).
European Standard EN 197-10 (undated).2
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
follows: claims 15-18 over Braunauer, claims 15, 16 and 18
over Kolar, and claims 15-17 over Crinkelmeyer. The claims
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows: claim 14 over
Braunauer, claims 14 and 17 over Kolar, and claims 14 and 18
over Crinkelmeyer. Claims 8-26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, first paragraph, on the ground that the specification,
as originally filed, does not provide support for the
2 The examiner does not argue that the undated dictionary
definitions and European standard relied upon by appellant are
not indicative of the meanings of the terms therein at the
time appellant’s application was filed. Accordingly, we
consider the meanings of the terms in those references to be
the meanings of those terms as of appellant’s filing date.
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