Appeal No. 1996-2077
Application 08/271,922
Derwent Abstract No. J49098343 (JP 52-048594), "Anodised Aluminium
Catalytic Support - Useful in Automobile Exhaust Catalytic Converters."1
D. Honicke (Honicke), "Formation of Al 0 -Coated Catalyst with a Metallic
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Core by Anodic Oxidation of Aluminium", Applied Catalysis, Vol. 5,
pp. 179-198 (1983).
Yamada, et al. (Yamada), "Preparation and Catalytic Properties of Alumina
Films by Anodic Oxidation of Aluminum", 8th International Congress on
Catalysis, Vol IV, pp. IV835-IV846 (1984).
The claims stand rejected as follows:
Claims 1 through 12 and 15 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Carr in view of either Yamada or Honicke or Moskovits and
Cornelison.
Claims 13 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Carr in view of either Yamada or Honicke or Moskovits and Cornelison in further view
of J49098343 (JP 52-048594).2
We have carefully considered the entire record which includes, inter alia, the
1We point out that the Abstract does not indicate the date on which it was published
by Derwent.
2Although the examiner’s statement of the rejection indicates that he is rejecting the
claim 13 and 14 over JP 52-048594, we do not find any evidence that he ever considered
the Japanese patent. Rather, he only relied on an abstract of JP 52-048594 published by
Derwent.
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