Appeal No. 1999-2544 Page 2
Application No. 08/796,513
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a respiration
humidifier (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under
appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
THE PRIOR ART
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Ebneth 4,201,825 May 6, 1980
Jackson 4,381,267 Apr. 26, 1983
Sumiyoshi 4,587,016 May 6, 1986
Lambert 5,462,048 Oct. 31, 1995
Garcera et al. (Garcera) 5,468,384, Nov. 21, 1995
Zwaan et al. (Zwaan) GB 2 223 694 Apr. 18, 1990
(published British patent application)
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 11 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
that applicant regards as the invention.
Claims 1 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Jackson.
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