Appeal No. 1997-4234
Application No. 08/423,211
one of a compressor suction side inlet of a refrigeration system and a
recovered refrigerant vessel for permitting the flow of gaseous refrigerant
through the member and over an outer surface of the substrate into the
atmosphere.
30. A test kit, comprising a hollow transparent member having openings
at upstream and downstream ends thereof, and means operatively held
only within the member for passing a gaseous refrigerant sample from a
refrigeration system over at least one outer surface of an indicating
substrate visually checking for the presence of acid in the gaseous
refrigerant sample while minimizing pressure drop of a sample of the
gaseous refrigerant extracted from the refrigeration system.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Kramer et al. (Kramer) 4,789,638 Dec. 06, 1988
Evers 5,171,536 Dec. 15, 1992
Condit et al. (Condit) 5,363,661 Nov. 15, 1994
(Filed Sept. 3, 1993)
Grounds of Rejection
Claims 1-27 and 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as lacking
adequate written description in the specification, as originally filed, for the invention now
claimed.
Claims 1-27 and 29 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 appellants regard as their invention.
Claims 1, 16, 27 and 30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 (e). As evidence of
anticipation, the examiner relies upon Condit.
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