Ex parte HSU et al. - Page 12




                 Appeal No. 96-0607                                                                                                                     
                 Application No. 08/134,778                                                                                                             


                 Barnett.   Accordingly, we cannot sustain the examiner’s8                                                                                                                       
                 rejection of claims 14, 16, 30 and 32.                                                                                                 
                 SUMMARY                                                                                                                                
                          The rejection of claims 8-13, 15, 24-29 and 31 under                                                                          
                 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Daniel or Roncari in view                                                                         
                 of Barnett or Bowman further in view of Chmelir, Smith ‘224,                                                                           
                 Smith ‘359, or Moradi-Araghi is affirmed.  The rejection of                                                                            
                 claims 14, 16, 30 and 32 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over these same                                                                         
                 references is reversed.  Accordingly, the examiner’s decision                                                                          
                 to reject the appealed claims is affirmed-in-part.                                                                                     
                          No time period for taking any subsequent action in                                                                            
                 connection with this appeal may be extended under 37 CFR                                                                               
                 § 1.136(a).                                                                                                                            
                 AFFIRMED-IN-PART                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                       


                                            CHUNG K. PAK                                          )                                                     
                                            Administrative Patent Judge                           )                                                     
                                                                                                  )                                                     

                          8Similarly, there is no suggestion in the record for                                                                          
                 combining the teachings of Chmelir, Smith ‘224, Smith ‘359,                                                                            
                 and Moradi-Araghi with Roncari (a carrier for immunological                                                                            
                 reagents) or Bowman (a coating for photographic paper).                                                                                
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