Appeal No. 96-3615
Application 08/237,567
(German Patent)
Alonso et al., Powder Coating in a Rotary Mixer with Rocking
Motion, Powder Technology, 1988, pp. 134-141.
Fan et al., Recent Developments in Solids Mixing, Powder
Technology, 1990 pp. 255-287.
The following rejections are before us for review:5
(a) claims 23, 24, 29, 30 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite;
(b) claims 4, 25, 27, 31 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Alonso;
(c) claims 5-8, 13-15, 17, 23, 24, 29 and 30 under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Alonso in view of Fan;
(d) claims 5-8, 13-15, 17, 23, 24, 29 and 30 under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Alonso in view of
Fischer; and
(e) claims 26 and 28 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
to this opinion.
5 The examiner has also objected to the drawings under 37
CFR § 1.83(a) for allegedly failing to show every feature of
the invention specified in the claims. Matters within the
examiner’s discretion, such as objections to the drawings, are
not subject to our review. Rather, such matters may be
resolved by petition to the Commissioner under 37 CFR § 1.181.
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