Ex parte ELMORE - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 1999-1784                                                                                                                   
                 Application 08/710,853                                                                                                                 


                 § 1.142(b).                                                                                                                            




                          Appellant’s invention pertains to a hygienic air handler                                                                      
                 apparatus and to a method of supplying hygienic air.   A basic                               1                                         
                 understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading                                                                           
                 of exemplary claims 10 and 17, copies of which appear in the                                                                           
                 APPENDIX to the main brief (Paper No. 9).                                                                                              


                          As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the                                                                      
                 documents listed below:                                                                                                                

                 Berlant                                      3,827,862                                             Aug. 6,                             
                 1974                                                                                                                                   
                 Pacosz                                       4,990,313                                             Feb. 5,                             
                 1991                                                                                                                                   



                          The following rejection is before us for review.                                                                              


                          1Appellant’s U.S. Patent No. 5,558,158, which matured                                                                         
                 from the parent application of the current application, claims                                                                         
                 a method of supplying hygienic air.  The present application                                                                           
                 includes a disclaimer that the term of any patent shall not                                                                            
                 extend beyond the expiration date of U.S. Patent No.                                                                                   
                 5,558,158.                                                                                                                             
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