Appeal No. 1996-2805 Application No. 08/103,055 temperature range of from 500EC to 1000EC. In summary, the stated rejection of the appealed claims under Section 103 of the statute based on the disclosures in Hayashi is reversed. This application is remanded to the examiner to reconsider the product-by-process claims on a claim-by-claim basis in light of the disclosures of the Japanese Patent Publication No. 58-93176. This application, by virtue of its "special" status requires an immediate action. Manual of Patent Examining Procedure 7Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007