Appeal No. 1998-2392
Application No. 08/338,917
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims
1 through 30, all of the claims in the application.
Appellants’ invention pertains to a collection
vessel to receive and contain body wastes, IV solutions,
blood, blood products and other biological materials, to an
ostomy bag, and to a method of collecting exudates from an
ostomy bag which reduces the odors usually associated with
such procedures. A basic understanding of the invention can
be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1, 10, and 30,1
respective copies of which appear in APPENDIX A of the brief
filed December 15, 1997 (Paper No. 19).
The examiner cites the document listed below:
Wilfong et al. (Wilfong) 5,496,295 Mar. 5, 1996
(filed Dec. 6, 1993)
The following rejection is the sole rejection before
us for review.
1The recitation of "said barrier material" on the last
two lines of claim 30 lacks antecedent basis in the claim.
This matter should be rectified during any further prosecution
before the examiner.
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