Appeal No. 98-1310
Application 08/368,685
the application.2
The appellant's invention pertains to a method for
treating automotive engine exhaust gases and to an exhaust gas
treatment system. Claims 1 and 10 are further illustrative of
the appealed subject matter and a copy thereof may be found in
the appendix to the brief.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Laprade et al. (Laprade) 4,007,718 Feb. 15,
1977
Adamczyk, Jr. et al. (Adamczyk) 5,373,696 Dec. 20, 1994
Burk et al. (Burk)3 WO 94/11623 May 26,
1994
The answer states that the following rejections are
applicable to the claims on appeal:4
Claims 1, 3-5 and 8-17 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
Independent claims 1 and 10 have been amended subsequent to final2
rejection by an amendment filed on May 17, 1997 (Paper No. 11).
The examiner has incorrectly referred to this reference by the name of3
the applicant (Engelhard), rather than by the name of the inventors (Burk et
al.).
In response to the amendment filed subsequent to final rejection the4
examiner indicated that the final rejection of the appealed claims under
35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, had been overcome (see the advisory action
mailed June 5, 1997 (Paper No. 12)).
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