Appeal No. 1998-2257
Application 08/692,310
Reuben D. Rieke, (Rieke) “Preparation of Organometallic
Compounds from Highly Reactive Metal Powders”, 246 Science
1260-64 (1989).
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 32 and 37-39 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to
particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
which the appellants regard as the invention. The claims
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows: claims 32 and
37-39 over Rieke in view of Dye ‘180 or the Dye article,
further in view of Kilner and Nakajima; claims 32 and 37 over
Ballas in view of Nakajima; claims 32 and 38 over Sinfelt in
view of Nakajima; claims 32 and 39 over Goretta in view of
Nakajima; claims 32 and 37-39 over Bogdanovic in view of
Sedlak and Nakajima; claims 32 and 37-39 over Bushy in view of
Nakajima; and claims 32 and 37-39 over McCormick in view of
Nakajima.
OPINION
We reverse the aforementioned rejections. We need to
address only claim 32.
Rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph
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