Ex parte REINHARD et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1998-2183                                                        
          Application No. 08/529,195                                                  


          preparations having a filling volume of less than 5 ml.  An                 
          understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading                
          of exemplary claims 13 and 24, a copy of which claims appears               
          in the APPENDIX to the main brief (Paper No. 22).                           

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

          Cloyd et al.             3,330,004                     Jul. 11,             
          1967                                                                        
          (Cloyd)                                                                     
          Onohara et al.                4,814,231                     Mar.            
          21, 1989                                                                    
          (Onohara)                                                                   
          Meyer                    5,478,324                     Dec. 26,             
          1995                                                                        
          Sudo                     0 556 034 A1                       Aug.            
          18, 1993                                                                    
          (published European Patent Application)                                     


               The following rejections are before us for review.                     


               Claims 13, 14, 16, 24, 26, 31, and 32 stand rejected                   
          under  35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by or, in the                
          alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Sudo.                    
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