Appeal No. 1996-1185
Application No. 08/063,985
described process in a manner corresponding to the herein
claimed process, which also requires that the aqueous solution
or suspension of a hydrate-forming compound be at a
temperature above the “transition temperature.” Nor is there
any appreciation in Choy that such a process results in the
formation of “low-dust” granules, as claimed.
Because the disclosures of Choy are insufficient to
establish a prima facie case of obviousness for the subject
matter defined by the appealed claims and because the Johnston
reference fails to remedy the basic deficiencies in Choy, we
are constrained to reverse the stated rejections of the
appealed claims.
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
REVERSED
EDWARD C. KIMLIN )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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) BOARD OF
PATENT
JOHN D. SMITH )
Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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