Appeal No. 1997-1738
Application No. 08/255,040
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to an apparatus for
separating and quantifying classes of hydrocarbons in a
sample. A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the
appendix to the appellants’ brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Lauer et al. (Lauer) 3,686,117 August 22, 1972
Saxena 4,840,730 June 20, 1989
Nickerson et al. (Nickerson) 5,009,778 April 23, 1991
Snyder, Introduction to Modern Liquid Chromatography, John
Wiley and Sons, 1979, pages 204-206
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claim 11 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Saxena, or, alternatively, under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Saxena.
Claims 11, 13 and 18-19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Saxena in view of Nickerson.
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