Appeal No. 1997-1549
Application No. 08/208,143
The examiner argues that “it is not clear how limitations
drawn to a method for manufacturing the molded body imparts a
positive step in the claimed method for removing organic
material from exhaust air or why it is critical to recite
limitations drawn to a method for making a molded body in a
claim directed to removing organic material from exhaust gas”
(answer, pages 3-4).
The examiner, however, does not explain why the claim
language, as it would have been interpreted by one of ordinary
skill in the art in light of appellants’ specification and the
prior art, fails to set out and circumscribe a particular area
with a reasonable degree of precision and particularity.
Consequently, we reverse the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph.
Rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103
Gloffre discloses a method for essentially eliminating
odors of certain odorous organic compounds by use of
aluminosilicate molecular sieves which can be dealuminated
zeolite Y (page 3, lines 15-21; page 5, lines 14-19). The
molecular sieves can be incorporated into products such as
body powders and sprays, cat litter, diapers, hand creams,
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