Appeal No. 1996-2240 Application No. 08/105,482 DECISION ON APPEAL This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final rejection of claims 1 through 32, all the claims remaining in the application. A copy of claims 1, 10, 21, 22 and 27 are representative and are appended to this decision. The references relied on by the examiner are: Miyagi et al. (Miyagi) 4,338,811 Jul. 13, 1982 Long et al. (Long) 4,343,767 Aug. 10, 1982 Matson (Matson '873) 4,863,873 Sep. 05, 1989 Matson (Matson '639) 5,104,639 Apr. 14, 1992 W.R. Matson, et al. (Matson 1987), "EC ARRAY SENSOR CONCEPTS AND DTA", Life Sciences, Vol. 41, pgs. 905-908 (1987). B. Seltzer, et al. (Seltzer), "Fingerprint Pattern Differences in Early- and Late-Onset Primary Degenerative Dementia", Archives of Neurology, Vol. 43. pgs. 665-668 (1988). C. Banissi-Sabourdy, et al. (Banissi-Sabourdy), "Electroanalytical characterization of Alzheimer's disease and ovine spongiform encephalopathy by repeated cyclic voltammetry at a capillary graphite paste electrode", J. Electroanal. Chem. vol. 343: section 28, Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics, pgs. 127-147 (1992). The claims stand rejected as follows: 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007