Appeal No. 95-1908
Application 07/890,620
reaction pad carrying a reagent means in combination with a
barrier layer impervious to the reagent means, such a “device”
has no attachment means coupled to a reaction pad for
removably mounting the pad between a user and the protective
clothing or equipment being tested. Moreover, there is no
apparent reason presented why one of ordinary skill in the art
would have been motivated to provide such a “device” with an
attachment means as claimed. As appellant points out, the
presently claimed invention and Cukier are directed to
fundamentally different kinds of problems which are usable in
different types of applications, and which utilize different
operating mechanisms. Accordingly, the stated rejection of
the appealed claims cannot be affirmed.
Upon return of this application to the examiner, the
examiner should reconsider the record in light of the
admissions in the specification at pages 2, line 30 through
page 3, line 12 which discuss prior art efforts to measure
chemical breakthrough of protective gloves and clothing
utilizing cotton or cellulose pads attached under the gloves
or clothing to absorb chemicals which breakthrough the
protective material. These pads are said to be subsequently
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