Appeal No. 1997-3045
Application 08/286,835
THE REFERENCES
McGhee et al. (McGhee) 5,189,205 Feb. 23, 1993
McGhee et al. (EP ‘948) 0 511 948 A2 Nov. 4, 1992
(European patent application)
McGhee (WO ‘032) WO 94/17032 Aug. 4, 1994
(PCT application)
Yasuhiko Yoshida et al. (Yoshida), “A Direct Synthesis of
Carbamate Ester from Carbon Dioxide, Amine and Alkyl Halide”,
Chem. Lett. 1571-72 (1984).
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 3-17 and 21-25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over McGhee, EP ‘948, WO ‘032 or
Yoshida.2
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments
advanced by appellants and the examiner and agree with
appellants that the aforementioned rejections are not well
founded. Accordingly, we reverse these rejections.
2The examiner states in the answer that claims 1-17 are
rejected (page 3). However, because the examiner states in
the answer (page 1) that the appeal involves claims 3-17 and
21-25 and states in the final rejection (mailed November 20,
1995, paper no. 7) that claims 3-17 and 21-25 are rejected,
the statement in the answer that claims 1-17 are rejected
appears to be inadvertent. Thus, we consider the rejection of
claims 3-17 and 21-25 to be before us.
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