Appeal No. 96-2608
Application 08/068,498
final rejection in a paper filed April 12, 1995 (Paper No.
10). Claims 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15 through 18 stand allowed.
Claims 10 and 13, the only other claims pending in the
application, have been objected to, but are indicated to be
allowable if rewritten in independent form. Claim 14 has been
canceled.
Appellants' invention relates to an adapter for use in a
fixed angle centrifuge rotor for holding a centrifuge tube
containing a substance to be subjected to centrifugation.
Claim 1 is representative of the subject matter on appeal and
a copy of that claim, as it appears in the Appendix to
appellants' brief, is attached to this decision.
The sole prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner is:
Stallmann DE 3,343,846 Jun. 13, 1985
(German Offenlegungschrift)2
2Our understanding of this German language document is based upon a
translation prepared by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of that
translation accompanies this decision.
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