Appeal No. 95-1484
Application 08/070,650
DECISION ON APPEAL UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 134
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from an
examiner’s rejections of Claims 49-68, all claims pending in
this application.
Introduction
Claims 49-68 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, purportedly because appellants’ specification would
not have enabled persons skilled in the art to make and use
the full scope of the subject matter claimed.
Claims 67-68 stand rejected for obviousness-type double
patenting of Claims 1-10 of Johnson et al. (Johnson), U.S.
4,863,565, patented September 5, 1989.
Claims 49-68 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by (1) Ring et al. (Ring), U.S. 4,588,400,
patented May 13, 1986 (prior art under section 102(e) based on
an application filing date of December 16, 1982); (2) Valla et
al. (Valla), “Cellulose-negative Mutants of Acetobacter
xylinum,” J. Gen. Microbiol., Vol. 128, pp. 1401-08 (1982);
(3) Kusakabe et al. (Kusakabe), UK Patent Specification
1,570,487, published July 2, 1980); or Ramamurti et al.
(Ramamurti), “Cellulose Formation by Acetobacter acetigenum in
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