Appeal No. 2001-1650
Application No. 08/898,085
Representative Claim
Claim 19 is representative of the subject matter on appeal, and reads as
follows:
19. A device for obtaining an analyte contained in a gas
phase, comprising
a) a gas-and liquid permeable carrier matrix containing a first
binding partner of an analyte in elutable form,
b) a capture matrix which binds a complex consisting of said
analyte and said first binding partner or a noncomplexed first
binding partner, wherein an analyte analogue or antibody specific
for the complex of said analyte and said first binding partner is
immobilized on said capture matrix, and
c) a means for drawing a sample gas across said gas-and
liquid-permeable carrier matrix containing a first binding partner of
an analyte in elutable form wherein said means does not draw said
gas through said capture matrix.
The References
In rejecting the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. ' 103, the examiner
relies on the following prior art references:
Greenquist 4,806,312 Feb. 21, 1989
Clark 5,219,528 Jun. 15, 1993
Ijsselmuiden et al. (Ijsselmuiden), “Optimizing the solid-phase
immunofiltration assay[,] A rapid alternative to immunoassays,” Journal of
Immunological Methods, Vol. 119, pp. 35-43 (1989)
The Rejections
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows:
(1) Claims 19-22, 28 and 29 under 35 U.S.C. ' 103 as unpatentable over
Greenquist in view of Ijsselmuiden.
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