Appeal No. 1996-2357
Application 08/124,617
Bögemann discloses compounds which are condensation
products of mercaptobenzothiazoles with aromatic sulfur
chlorides or bromides, and which are useful as vulcanization
accelerators
(col. 1, lines 1-3; col. 2, lines 12-14). The aryl group to
the right of the disulfide linkage in Bögemann’ formula is
benzene or naphthalene, which may be substituted with halogen,
methyl, nitro or alkoxy (col. 2, lines 1-11).
Fujii discloses (col. 8, lines 1-6) at least one compound
which falls within the scope of the formula recited in
appellants’ claim 3. Fujii’s compounds, however, are
disclosed as being useful for “immobilizing enzymes, cross
linking enzymes and water-insoluble carriers, for immobilizing
antigens or antibodies, cross linking antigens or antibodies
and water-insoluble carriers, for antigenic haptens, cross
linking proteins
and haptens, or, as enzyme immuno assay components, the cross
linking of enzymes and immune components” (col. 7, lines 50-
56).
In appellants’ claim 3, R to R are defined as follows:1 4
-4-4
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