Ex parte MATSON - Page 2




                 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:                                                                                         







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