Appeal No. 96-1415
Application No. 08/088,625
60 to 63 and 66 to 69. The remaining claims in the
application stand withdrawn from consideration under 37 CFR
1.142(b) as being drawn to nonelected species.
The subject matter in issue concerns a composite dressing
applicable to a wound, and a method of treating a wound using
a composite dressing. The claims on appeal are as set forth
in the appendix to appellants’ brief, except that (1) there
are errors in claims 4, 25 and 33, and (2) claim 54 does not
contain the additional language added by the amendment filed
January 17, 1995.
The references applied to the appealed claims are:
Gilman (Gilman ‘001) 4,600,001 Jul. 15,
1986
Sims 4,638,796 Jan.
27, 1987
Gilman (Gilman ‘362) 5,106,362 Apr. 21,
1992
(filed Apr. 13, 1989)
An additional reference, of record, applied herein in
rejections pursuant to 37 CFR 1.196(b) is:
Gilman (Gilman ‘510) 5,056,510 Oct. 15,
1991
(filed Jan. 5, 1990)
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