Appeal No. 1997-1301
Application No. 08/079,310
Appellants cite and refer to the following references in
rebuttal of the examiner’s evidence of obviousness (Reply
Brief, pages 13 and 14):
Houlihan et al. (Houlihan ‘136) 4,996,136 Feb. 26,
1991
March, Advanced Organic Chemistry, 4th ed., pp. 342-43 (1992).
Claims 1 through 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as unpatentable over Houlihan in view of Reichmanis (Answer,
page 3). We reverse this rejection essentially for the1
reasons cogently stated by appellants on pages 7-15 of the
Reply Brief. We add the following comments primarily for
emphasis and completeness.
OPINION
The examiner states that Houlihan discloses nitro benzyl
sulfonyl ester photoacid generators which are "similar" to the
claimed photoacid generators except that the claimed photo
1This is a new ground of rejection advanced by the
examiner on page 3 of the Answer. The final rejections of
claims 1-5 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first and second paragraphs,
and under
35 U.S.C. § 103 in view of Houlihan (U.S. Patents Nos.
4,996,136 or 5,135,838) have all been withdrawn (Answer, page
2).
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