Appeal No. 98-1012
Serial No. 08/117,342
being suppressed, are encouraged to grow. The salient features
of the claimed medium is summarized in the following table:
Bacteria Bacteria Bacteria Bacteria -
Gram- Gram- Gram- Gram-
Coliform Coliform Non-Coliform
Other E. Coli
CLAIMS recite suppress grow grow suppress -
In deciding this appeal to determine the
patentability of the claimed invention, we have carefully
reviewed the record, including the following actions:
final rejection (paper no. 32, mailed November 17, 1995);
response to final rejection (paper no. 37, filed April 19,
1996);
advisory action (paper no. 40, mailed April 26, 1996);
brief (paper no. 41, filed June 2, 1996);
examiner=s answer (paper no. 43, mailed July 9, 1996);
reply brief (paper no. 46, filed July 19, 1996);
supplemental examiner=s answer (paper no. 47, mailed October
1, 1996);
second reply brief (paper no. 48, filed October 31, 1996);
second supplemental examiner=s answer (paper no. 48.5, mailed
January 22, 1997);
third reply brief (paper no. 49, filed March 26, 1997);
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