Appeal No. 93-3623 Page 3
Application 07/629,690
second (Fig. 10), and third (Figs. 11 & 12) major embodiments,
respectively, that are at issue in this appeal:
1. A continuous flow reactor including a first
tube for passing reactive fluids and solvents from a
peptide sequenator into a reaction chamber packed with
peptide coated discrete objects and a second tube for
removal of solvents and reaction products from the
reaction chamber which comprises:
(A) a reaction chamber formed from a pliable,
chemically inert tube; [and]1
(B) first and second pliable, chemically inert
tubes for connecting the reaction chamber to
a sequenator,
(C) the inside and outside diameters of said
reaction chamber tube and said first and
second connecting tubes being so dimensioned
that two leak-tight interference fit joints
are provided by inserting one end section of
a tube into the end section of another tube,
one of said leak-tight interference fit
joints being provided between said first tube
and said reaction chamber and the other being
provided between said second tube and said
reaction chamber.
9. A continuous flow reactor for a peptide
sequenator comprising:
(A) a cylindrical reaction chamber formed from a
pliable, chemically inert tube; [and]1
(B) first and second pliable, chemically inert
tubes for connecting the cylindrical reaction
chamber to a sequenator,
(C) the inside and outside diameters of said
cylindrical reaction chamber and said first
and second connecting tubes being so
dimensioned that two leak-tight interference
1 The bracketed items appear to be missing from the
claims.
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