Ex parte HARTMANN - Page 3




                 Appeal No. 95-2245                                                                                                                     
                 Application No. 08,011,563                                                                                                             


                 invention as is now claimed in the disclosure as originally                                                                            
                 filed ;  2                                                                                                                             
                          (3) Claims 1, 3, 4 and 6 through 12 under 35 U.S.C. 103                                                                       
                 as unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Quemere,                                                                              
                 Nozue and Matijevic; and                                                                                                               
                          (4) Claims 3 and 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable                                                                      
                 over the combined disclosures of Quemere, Nozue, Matijevic and                                                                         
                 Hums.                                                                                                                                  
                          We have carefully reviewed the entire record, including                                                                       
                 all of the arguments advanced by the examiner and appellant in                                                                         
                 support of their respective positions.  For the reasons well                                                                           
                 articulated by appellant in his Brief, we determine that all                                                                           
                 of the examiner’s rejections are not well taken.  Accordingly,                                                                         
                 we will not sustain the examiner’s rejections for essentially                                                                          




                          2We note that the examiner has objected to the                                                                                
                 specification for including the content of U.S. Patent No.                                                                             
                 4,784,841 which is not supported in the disclosure as                                                                                  
                 originally filed.  However, we decline to comment on the                                                                               
                 propriety of the examiner’s objection to the specification                                                                             
                 inasmuch as it should be reviewed by way of petition.  Compare                                                                         
                 MPEP 608.04(c) (Rev. 3, July 1997).  Note that the objection                                                                           
                 can be overcome by deleting any reference to U.S. Patent No.                                                                           
                 4,784,841.                                                                                                                             
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