Appeal No. 1997-1592
Application No. 08/325,566
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 3rd ed., Vol. 4, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1978,
pp. 631-666.
Van Nostrand Reinhold’s Scientific Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 1983, p. 523.
Aizawa, the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia and the Van Nostrand Encyclopedia are available as
prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
References Cited by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
The references cited by the Board are as follows:
Pengilly (‘004) 4,408,004 Oct. 4, 1983
Pengilly (‘272) 4,476,272 Oct. 9, 1984
Pengilly (‘118) 4,535,118 Aug. 13, 1985
Hirayama et al. (Hirayama) 5,782,968 Jul. 21, 1998
The Pengilly ‘004, ‘272 and ‘118 patents are available as prior art under 35 U.S.C. §102(b).
Hirayama, which issued from a U.S. application filed on Dec. 4, 1996, is not available as prior art. The
Pengilly patents and Hirayama are made of record and are cited on the attached PTO-892.
The Rejection
(1) Claims 5, 6 and 8-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over
Aizawa.
The Aizawa Reference
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