Appeal No. 2001-0062
Application 08/774,170
CLAIMS
Claim 1 is representative of the claims on appeal, and reads as follows:
1. A microfabricated chemical reactor comprising a sleeve reaction chamber
including a slot therein for insertion of reaction fluid and having detection means, the
improvement comprising:
said detection means including an electrochemiluminescence cell.
THE REFERENCES
In rejecting the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. §103, the Examiner relies on
the following references:
Pace (Pace) 4,908,112 Mar. 13, 1990
Kamin et al. (Kamin) 5,147,806 Sep. 15, 1992
Hall et al. (Hall) 5,296,191 Mar. 22, 1994
Heller et al. (Heller) 5,632,957 May 27, 1997
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1-5, 11, 14-18, and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103 as being
unpatentable over Heller in view of Hall or Kamin.
Claims 1-5, 11, 14-18, and 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being
unpatentable over Pace in view of Hall or Kamin.
SUMMARY OF DECISION
On consideration of the entire record, we reverse the rejections of record.
DISCUSSION
The Invention
The Appellants’ invention as claimed relates to a microfabricated chemical
reactor including an electrochemiluminescence (ECL) detector (claim 1) and an ECL
cell (claim 16). Although variously described, the basic constituents of the claimed
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