Appeal No. 1996-2738
Application 08/252,501
Jarowenko 3,331,833 Jul. 18,
1967
Jarowenko 2 3,354,034 Nov. 21, 1967
Claims 25 through 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b) as anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Hofreiter or Jarowenko (‘833
or ‘034) (Answer, page 3). Claims 32 through 38 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Hofreiter
(Supplemental Answer, page 1). We affirm the rejections of
claims 25 through 27 but reverse the rejection of claims 32
through 38 for reasons which follow.
OPINION
A. The Rejections under § 102(b)/ § 103
In accordance with the provisions of 37 CFR
§1.192(c)(7)(1995) and appellants’ statement on page 2 of the
Brief, we select claim 25 from the grouping of claims for
these rejections and decide this appeal, as to these claims,
on the basis of claim 25 alone. The process of claim 25
2U.S. Patent No. 3,354,034 is a division of U.S. Patent
No. 3,331,833. Since these patents have an identical or
substantially identical disclosure, this decision will only
refer to and cite from Jarowenko, U.S. Patent No. 3,354,034.
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