Appeal No. 1997-3142
Application No. 08/323,660
for Oxygen,” Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 66, No. 6, Mar. 15,
1994, pages 836 through 840.
Claims 1, 6, 12 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Seiden in view of Stanley and
Billetdeaux.
Claims 5 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Seiden in view of Stanley, Billetdeaux
and Liu.
Claims 14 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Seiden in view of Stanley, Billetdeaux
and Gysi.
Reference is made to the brief (paper number 17), the
reply brief and the answer for the respective positions of the
appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
The obviousness rejection of claims 1, 5, 6, 10 and 12
through 15 is reversed.
Our review of Seiden reveals that the examiner has
correctly concluded (Answer, page 4) that Seiden discloses a
method and device for measuring concentrations of O , CO and2 2
N in a liquid sample in a vacuum, and that Seiden teaches
2
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