Appeal No. 2001-0352
Application 08/872,097
a plurality of evacuation ports, each evacuation port including a pressure seal,
situated to provide access to one of said reaction vessels, the plurality of evacuation
ports operable for the evacuation of fluids from said reaction vessels;
injection and evacuation fittings formed to matingly engage said respective
injection and evacuation ports and to thereby enable the delivery of fluids to the reaction
vessels and the evacuation of fluids from said reaction vessels; and
an actuator for controlling selectively aligning the injection and evacuation ports
of the plurality of reaction vessels and the injection and evacuation fittings, respectively.
THE REFERENCES
The prior art references relied on by the examiner are:
Park et al. (Park) 3,715,190 February 6, 1973
(filed Sept. 23, 1971)
Averette (Averette) 5,147,551 September 15, 1992
(filed Apr. 20, 1990)
Panetz et al. (Panetz) 5,585,068 December 17, 1996
(filed Oct. 14, 1994)
Gleave et al. (Gleave) 5,660,727 August 26, 1997
(filed Mar. 3, 1995)
THE REJECTIONS
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:
(1) Claims 1 through 9, 23 through 29, and 46 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Gleave and Panetz;
(2) Claims 17 through 22, 29, and 35 through 40 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Gleave and Averette;
(3) Claims 48 through 65 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over the
combined disclosures of Gleave, Panetz, and Park.;
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