Appeal No. 1999-1042 Page 2
Application No. 08/781,220
The appellant's invention is directed to a medical gas
services unit. The claims before us on appeal have been
reproduced in an appendix to the Brief.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Schwartz 4,354,330 Oct. 19,
1982
Russo et al. (Russo) 4,475,322 Oct.
9, 1984
Kroon et al. (Kroon) 5,044,135 Sep. 3,
1991 Walker 5,644,876 Jul.
8, 1997
(filed Aug. 26, 1994)
THE REJECTIONS1
The following rejections stand under 35 U.S.C. § 103:
(1) Claims 14-18 on the basis of Russo in view of Kroon.
(2) Claims 14-18 on the basis of Schwartz in view of Kroon.
(3) Claims 14-18 on the basis of Kroon in view of Russo.
(4) Claims 14-18 on the basis of Kroon in view of Schwartz.
1A rejection of claim 17 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, was cured by an amendment under 37 CFR § 1.116(a)
which the examiner allowed to be entered. However, the
rejection was repeated in the Examiner’s Answer, apparently
inadvertently.
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