Appeal No. 1996-3973
Application No. 08/048,657
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Moyer et al. (Moyer) 3,783,105 Jan. 1, 1974
Przybylowicz et al. (Przybylowicz) 3,992,158 Nov. 16, 1976
Schaeffer et al. (Schaeffer) 4,110,079 Aug. 29, 1978
Piejko et al. (Piejko) 4,780,411 Oct. 25, 1988
Daffern et al. (Daffern) 4,994,238 Feb. 19, 1991
Kumar et al. (Kumar) 0 141 648 May 15, 1985
(published European patent application)
References relied on by this merits panel are:
Kato et al. (Kato) H930 Jun. 4, 1991
Evans et al. (Evans) 4,737,457 Apr. 12, 1988
Phillips et al. (Phillips)1 4,935,346 Jun. 19, 1990
A. Eggert, ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE CLINICAL
LABORATORY, 291-292 (John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1983) (Eggert).
Ngo et al. (Ngo), “A Sensitive and Versatile Chromogenic Assay for Peroxidase and
Peroxidase-Coupled Reactions,” 105 Analytical Biochemistry 389-397 (1980).
TEXTBOOK OF CLINICAL CHEMISTRY 248 (N. Tietz, ed., W.B. Saunders Company,
Philadelphia, 1986) (Tietz).
ISSUES2
(I) Claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 and 11-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Daffern in view of Moyer. (II) Claims 2, 5, 7 and 10 stand rejected under
1Phillips was incorporated by reference into appellants’ specification (see e.g., page 7, lines 10-11).
2The examiner has withdrawn the final rejection of claim 13 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as
based on a non-enabling disclosure, “in view of the arguments presented” in appellants’ brief (answer, page 2).
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