Appeal No. 95-2179
Application No. 07/994,536
Claim 1, which is illustrative of the subject matter on
appeal, reads as follows:
1.
A wound dressing composition consisting essentially of:
from about 40 percent to 80 percent by weight of blended
glycerin polyacrylate clatharate [sic, clathrate], and;
from about 10 percent to 50 percent of glycerin as a
compatible,
non toxic [sic, nontoxic] polyhydric alcohol.
The reference relied on by the examiner is:
Georgalas et al. (Georgalas) 4,837,019 June 6, 1989
The issue presented for review is whether the examiner
erred in rejecting claims 1 through 13 under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as unpatentable over Georgalas.
OPINION
We shall not sustain this rejection.
First, 35 U.S.C. § 103 authorizes a rejection where to
meet the claim, it is necessary to modify a single reference
or to combine it with one or more other references. After
indicating that the rejection is under 35 U.S.C. § 103, the
examiner should set forth (1) the relevant teachings of the
prior art relied on, (2) the difference or differences in the
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