Appeal No. 95-2382
Application 07/955,671
The examiner has applied the following references:
Di Mino 3,265,034 Aug. 9, 1966
Finnicum et al. (Finnicum) 5,114,759 May 19, 1992
(filed Jul. 12, 1991)2
Zhongjun (EP ‘493) 0 197 493 Oct. 15, 1986
(European Patent Application)
Claims 1, 5, 6, and (1, 5, 6)/11-13 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by EP ‘493. Claims 8, 10, 27, 31
and (8, 10, 27, 31)/11-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over EP ‘493. Claims 2-4, 9, 28-30 and (2-4, 9, 28-
30)/11-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable
over EP ‘493 in view of Di Mino. Claims 15 and 32 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over EP ‘493 in view of
Finnicum. Claim 14 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over EP ‘493 in view of Di Mino and Finnicum.
We reverse the rejection of claims 8, 10, 27, 31 and (8, 10,
27, 31)/11-13 under § 103 in view of EP ‘493. Accordingly, the
rejection of claims 9, 28-30 and 32, which depend upon claims 8
and 27, are also reversed. We affirm all other stated rejections
2 Finnicum is a continuation-in-part of Application No. 07/559,806, filed
on Jul. 30, 1990. Appellants state that this application is a continuation of
Application No. 07/703,542, filed May 21, 1991. The availability of Finnicum as
prior art against appellants’ claims has not been raised by the examiner or
appellants.
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