Appeal No. 1997-0863
Application 08/456,001
Miyata 58-133823 Aug. 9,
1983 (Japanese Kokai)1
Claims 1 through 3, 22 and 25 through 31 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Miyata.
Claims 4 through 14, 23 and 24 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Miyata in view of
Fredriksson.
Claims 1, 9 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph, as being directed to a specification which,
as originally filed, does not support the invention as now
claimed. More particularly, the examiner urges that claims 1,
9 and 14 all recite “...cross-sectional flow areas... taken
generally perpendicular to the direction of flow through said
respective mixers...,” without support in the specification.2
1 Our understanding of this foreign language document is
based on a translation prepared for the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office. A copy of that translation is attached to
this decision.
2 This is a new ground of rejection added in the
examiner’s answer and further clarified in the supplemental
examiner’s answer (Paper No. 36, page 2) as being applicable
“specifically to claims 1, 9 and 14.” While the examiner has
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