Appeal No. 1999-0510 Application No. 08/728,787 The references applied in the final rejection are: Mock 2,467,331 Apr. 12, 1949 Santi 4,150,629 Apr. 24, 1979 The appealed claims stand finally rejected on the following grounds: (1) Claims 1, 2, 4 and 6, unpatentable over Santi, under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a); (2) Claims 7 to 20, unpatentable over Mock in view of Santi, under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). Rejections Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b) Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b), we enter the following new grounds of rejection. (A) Claims 1, 2, 4 and 6 to 16 are rejected as being unpatentable for failure to comply with 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph. Claim 1 reads (emphasis added): 1. A sterilizing separator device, comprising: 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007