Appeal No. 98-1012
Serial No. 08/117,342
(e.g., E. coli and total coliform bacteria) that one is
seeking to detect. For this reason, the examiner concludes Ait
would have been obvious to one with ordinary skill in the art
at the time Applicant=s invention was made to include the
antibiotics and agents to suppress non-coliform gram negative
bacteria of Edberg in Manafi=s culture medium@ (second
supplemental examiner=s answer, paper no. 48.8, sentence
bridging pages 3-4).
While we agree that Edberg teaches a medium for
simultaneous detection of E. coli and total coliforms (e.g.,
col. 9, lines 16-21 and claim 16), we are not persuaded that
Edberg suggests including an agent to suppress the growth of
non-coliform bacteria.
The claims clearly require Aat least one agent to
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suppress growth of non-coliform gram negative bacteria@ and the
supporting specification defines this agent as an Ainhibitor@ (page 8, line 11; e.g., antibiotic Cefsulodin
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