Appeal No. 1998-2815
Application No. 08/648,790
b) executing program code in the data processing
system in order to determine a health effect of a second
chemical; and,
c) executing program code in the data processing
system in order to select a respirator based upon the health
effects of the first and second chemicals.
48. A computer readable storage medium having
program code stored thereon, wherein the program code includes
a database containing data on chemicals and respirators, and
wherein the program code further includes a non-standards
based engine which, when executed, performs the steps of (a)
accepting first and second chemicals which are entered by a
user, and (b) selecting a respirator based upon the database
and the first and second chemicals which are entered by the
user.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness are:
Grilk 4,860,223 Aug. 22, 1989
Hayward et al. (Hayward) 5,574,828 Nov. 12, 1996
(filed Apr. 28, 1994)
Claims 1-48 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Hayward in view of Grilk.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full
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