Appeal No. 95-1079
Application 08/037,192
polymerized product in water containing a stabilizing
component to obtain a suspension of particles or
droplets with an average diameter of from about 0.1 to
about 10 microns; and polymerizing the resulting
suspension to form polymeric particles.
The Rejection
The following prior art reference is relied upon by the
examiner to support the rejection of the claims:
Mahabadi et al. (Mahabadi) 5,043,404 Aug. 27, 1991
Claims 1-23 and 25-49 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Mahabadi.
Opinion
Appellants state that the claims are to be grouped as
follows:
Group I: claims 1-23, 25-34 and 41-49.
Group II: claims 35-40.
Accordingly, claims 2-23, 25-33 and 41-49 will stand or fall with
claim 1 and claims 36-40 will stand or fall with claim 35. Claim
34 is separately considered infra.
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