Appeal No. 1999-0341
Application No. 08/543,351
Claims 14 and 161 are illustrative of the subject matter on appeal and are
reproduced below:
14. A method of protecting wood, paper, leather, polymers or textiles
against attack by insects which comprises applying thereto an amount
sufficient to effect protection thereof of the compound 1-(6-chloro-3-
pyridylmethyl)-2-nitroimino-imidazolidine.
16. The method according to claim 14, wherein paper, leather, polymers or
textiles are protected.
The reference relied upon by the examiner is:
Shiokawa et al. (Shiokawa) 4,742,060 May 3, 1988
GROUNDS OF REJECTION
Claims 14 and 15 are rejected as being anticipated by Shiokawa, under 35
U.S.C. § 102 or obvious thereover under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Claim 16 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Shiokawa.
We affirm both of the examiner’s rejections.
DISCUSSION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration
to the appellants’ specification and claims, and to the respective positions
articulated by the appellants and the examiner. We make reference to the
examiner’s Answer (Paper No. 43, mailed June 19, 1997), for the examiner’s
1 Claim 16 is incorrectly recited as depending from claim 7 in appellants’ appendix
of claims. Claim 16 properly depends from claim 14. Claim 16 is correctly
reproduced herein.
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