Ex parte BUSCHEK et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1997-2194                                       Page 2           
          Application No. 08/195,018                                                  


                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The appellants' invention concerns a system for the                    
          preparation of liquids from at least one solid and at least                 
          one liquid phase, the system consisting of a storage vessel                 
          with the solid and a drying chamber with a desiccant                        
          (specification,                                                             
          p. 1).  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:                              
          Cullen                   3,990,872                     Nov. 9,              
          1976                                                                        
          Sacherer et al.          4,834,234                     May 30,              
          1989                                                                        
          (Sacherer)                                                                  



               Claims 1 to 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,                    
          second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to                        
          particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter              
          which the appellants regard as the invention.                               










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