Appeal No. 1996-2918
Application 08/164,879
THE INVENTION
Appellant’s claimed invention is directed toward a kit
for combating recited types of eye conditions. The kit
includes propanethial S-oxide in a container having a device
for the microscopic dispensing of the propanethial S-oxide.
Claim 19 is illustrative and reads as follows:
19. A kit for combating a pathogenic, benign, dry or
irritated eye condition comprising;
a) a container having a means for the microscopic
dispensing of propane thial-s-oxide in a dosage amount
effective to produce moisture in a mammalian eye; said
container being capable of manipulation with a single hand;
and
b) an amount of propane-thial-s-oxide to provide a
pluarlity of individual dosages of sufficient strength to
induce tearing in a mammalian eye.
THE REFERENCE
Eric Block et al. (Block), “The Lachrymatory Factor of the
Onion: An NMR Study”, 21 Tetrahedron Letters 1277-80 (Pergamon
Press 1980).
THE REJECTION
Claims 19-21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
not been formally entered. Upon return of the application to
the examining group, the examiner should have the
continuation-in-part specification and claims 20 and 21
formally entered.
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