Appeal No. 97-3575
Application 08/380,815
of the claims remaining of record in the application.
The appellant's invention is directed to a microwave
warming device for blood and other fluids. The subject matter
before us on appeal is illustrated by reference to claim 1,
which has been reproduced in an appendix to the Amended Appeal
Brief (Paper No. 10).
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Carr et al. (Carr) 3,806,837 Apr. 23,
1974
Stubbs 4,114,011 Sep. 12,
1978
Black 4,417,116 Nov. 22,
1983
THE REJECTION
Claims 1-11 and 13-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Stubbs in view of Black and
Carr.2
The rejection is explained in the Examiner's Answer.
The opposing viewpoints of the appellant are set forth in
2Two rejections of some of the claims under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
were withdrawn by the examiner in the Answer.
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