Ex parte GRIMM et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1997-3797                                       Page 3           
          Application No. 08/121,820                                                  


                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The appellants' invention relates to a method of                       
          irradiating a blood product (claims 25 to 38) and a method of               
          medically treating a blood product (claims 39 to 41).  A copy               
          of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the              
          appellants' brief.                                                          


               The prior art references of record relied upon by the                  
          examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:                              
          Ryan                          2,693,189                     Nov.            
          2, 1954                                                                     
          Bujan et al.             3,915,212                     Oct. 28,             
          1975                                                                        
          (Bujan)                                                                     
          Daly et al.              4,121,714                     Oct. 24,             
          1978                                                                        
          (Daly)                                                                      
          Vazquez                  4,526,404                     July  2,             
          1985                                                                        
          Brown                    4,857,713                     Aug. 15,             
          1989                                                                        
          Miripol et al.                4,866,282                     Sep.            
          12, 1989                                                                    
          (Miripol)                                                                   
          Cooke et al.             5,006,050                     Apr.  9,             
          1991                                                                        












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