Ex parte CHEN et al. - Page 14




          Appeal 97-1458                                                              
          Application 08/329,940                                                      

                    (4) Lui, U.S. Patent 5,643,982 (1997; filed 1994),                
          which at col. 6, line 43, mentions the compound C F NO, but                 
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          otherwise does not identify a source or a precise formula of                
          the compound.                                                               
                    (5) Minor, U.S. Patent 5,730,894 (1998; filed 1996),              
          which in Fig. 26 describes a vapor/liquid equilibrium curve                 
          for a mixture of HFC-388pcc and C F NO and at col. 5, lines                 
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          27-28, describes a perfluoro-n-methylmorpholine (C F NO,                    
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          boiling point = 50.0EC.).                                                   
                    (6) Fisher, U.S. Patent 5,749,956 (1998; filed                    
          1996), which at col. 8, line 4, mentions the compound C F NO,               
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          but otherwise does not provide any identifying data.                        
                    (7) Chen, U.S. Patent 5,756,002 (1998; filed 1996),               
          which at col. 2, lines 5-10, identifies the structure of                    
          C F NO as being:                                                            
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