Ex parte MAGGARD et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1996-1813                                                         
          Application No. 08/117,453                                                   
               The examiner cited the following references in the                      
          rejection                                                                    
          of the claims:                                                               

          Harte et al.             3,792,272                 February 12,              
          1974                                                                         
          (Harte)                                                                      
          Dawes                    4,612,291            September 16, 1986             
          Inman, Jr. et al.        4,733,965                 March 29, 1988            
          (Inman)                                                                      
          Maggard                  4,963,745                 October 16,               
          1990                                                                         
          (Maggard ‘745)                                                               
          Maggard                  WO 91/15762          October 17, 1991               
          (Maggard WO‘762)                                                             
          Maggard et al.           5,145,785            September 8, 1992              
          (Maggard ‘785)                                                               
          Howard Mark et al., Advances in near Infrared Analyzer                       
          Technology, Chemical Processing, February 1991, pp. 54-58.                   
          (Mark)                                                                       
               The examiner entered the following rejections:                          
               Claims 1-8 and 16-18 have been rejected as unpatentable                 
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over either Maggard WO‘762 or Maggard                  
          ‘785 in combination with Inman.                                              
               Claims 9-15 have been rejected as unpatentable under 35                 
          U.S.C. § 103 over either Maggard WO‘762 or Maggard ‘785 in                   
          combination with Inman and Dawes.                                            
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