Appeal No. 1999-0348 Page 2
Application No. 08/663,471
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an electrically
heated insecticide delivery system. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1,
12 and 19, which appear in the appendix to the appellants'
brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Laibow 2,616,024 Oct. 28,
1952
Melanson et al. 4,687,904 Aug. 18,
1987
(Melanson)
Zeitoun 556,003 Apr. 15, 1957
(Belgium)
Claims 1, 5 to 7, 10, 11, 14 and 27 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Laibow.
Claims 3, 4, 8 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Laibow in view of Melanson.
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