Ex parte FORD - Page 2




          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:                                                       

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