Appeal No. 97-2736
Application 08/067,221
application.
Claims 10 through 18 have been canceled.
Appellants’ invention relates to a hand held aerosol
actuator or metered dose inhaler of the type used to treat
pulmonary disorders such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, and
emphysema. Independent claim 1 is representative of the
subject matter on appeal and a copy of that claim appears in
the Appendix to appellants’ brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Lankinen 4,940,051 Jul. 10,
1990
Pritchard 5,048,729 Sep.
17, 1991
Claims 1 through 4 and 7 through 9 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Pritchard.
Claims 5 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Pritchard in view of Lankinen.
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