Appeal No. 1998-1247
Application No. 08/445,165
Schlicht et al. (Schlicht) EP 388,867 Sep. 26, 1990
(published EP patent application)
The Agrochemicals Handbook. The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, August 1991,
p. A0973.
THE REJECTIONS
The Examiner entered the following rejections:
Claims 17 and 20-22 are rejected as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, for lack of an enabling disclosure. (Answer, p. 3).
Claim 21 is rejected as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as
improperly dependent on claim 17. (Answer, p. 4).
Claims 17, 18 and 20-22 are rejected as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over
the combination of EP 388,867 (Schlicht) and The Agrochemicals Handbook. (Answer,
p. 4).
OPINION
We affirm the rejection under § 112, second paragraph, and reverse the remaining
rejections for the reasons below.
The Rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, First Paragraph2
2We will not address Appellants comments regarding claims 18 and 19 because these claims
have not been rejected under § 112, first paragraph.
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