Appeal No. 96-3854
Application No. 08/027,872
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we have made the
determinations which follow.
Turning first to the examiner's rejection of claims 1
through 3, 5 through 7, 9 through 11, 13 through 16 and 18
through 21 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Bach in view of Madden, we note that each of claims 1, 6, 11
and 16, the only independent claims before us, calls for
either a reverse osmosis membrane or a reverse osmosis
membrane coupon held by a support parallel to the direction of
fluid flow through the interior compartment of the monitoring
apparatus.
According to the examiner, Bach shows the claimed
invention, except that Bach's measuring filter 11 is not
supported parallel
to the direction of fluid flow and is not disclosed as a
"reverse osmosis membrane" or a "reverse osmosis membrane
coupon". The examiner cites Madden to show a fluid sampling
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