Appeal No. 95-0459
Application No. 07/941,845
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 2 through 11 and 24 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over Baur or Eckey.
Claims 13 through 23 and 25 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable overt Baur or Eckey in view
of Jandacek.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments
advanced by appellants and the examiner and agree with
appellants that the aforementioned rejections are not well
founded. Accordingly, we will not sustain the rejections.
The § 102(b) Rejections
As to the rejection of the appealed claims under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b), appellants argue that Baur and Eckey,
“encompass a myriad of SPE’s having combinations of long and
short chain ester groups and different degrees of
esterification. None of the SPE’s specifically disclosed in
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