Ex parte YOKOGAWA et al. - Page 3




                 Appeal No. 95-2830                                                                                                                     
                 Application No. 07/967,617                                                                                                             

                 illustrative and a copy of which taken from the appellants'                                                                            
                 Brief is appended to this decision.                                                                                                    
                          The examiner has relied upon the following references to                                                                      
                 support the rejections:                                                                                                                
                 Pedrazzi                            5,122,605                                    Jun. 16, 1992                                         
                 Yokogawa et al.                     5,478,936                                    Dec. 26, 1995                                         
                 (Yokogawa)                                                     (filed Aug. 7, 1991)                                                    
                 Sumimoto Chem Co.   0 472 975                                                    Mar.  4, 1992                                         
                 (EP '975)                                                                                                                              
                                                               THE REJECTIONS                                                                           
                          The examiner's Final Rejection dated February 25, 1994 is                                                                     
                 directed to five separate and distinct rejections of record.                                                                           
                 The first two are directed to the rejection of claims 11 and                                                                           
                 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Yokogawa(CA                                                                              
                 118:8311C)  in view of EP '975, Pedrazzi or Smith and the2                                                                                                                    
                 rejection of claims 1, 5 through 9, 11 and 12 under 35 U.S.C.                                                                          
                 § 103 as unpatentable over Ridyard in view of EP '975,                                                                                 
                 Pedrazzi or Smith.  Neither of these rejections has been                                                                               
                 maintained by the examiner in the Examiner's Answer.                                                                                   



                          2This Yokogawa reference as opposed to the Yokogawa                                                                           
                 patent (5,478,936) is a Chemical Abstracts citation, 118:8311C                                                                         
                 04/08/92. The Chemical Abstracts reference is no longer relied                                                                         
                 upon by the examiner in the Examiner's Answer.                                                                                         
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