Appeal No. 2001-1720
Application No. 08/821,869
is effective to provide within 24 hours a 6 log
kill of pathogens in a liquid waste containing
blood, and wherein
the composition contains sufficient quantity
of polyvinylpyrrolidone and iodine such that when
a sufficient amount of the composition is added to
90 grams of a liquid waste containing blood, the
weight of the combined weight of the
polyvinylpyrrolidone and the iodine composition is
greater than 0.3% of the total weight of the waste
containing the composition.
The examiner relies on the following prior art references as
evidence of unpatentability:
Shanbrom 5,370,869 Dec. 6, 1994
Vallieres 5,595,731 Jan. 21, 1997
(filing date Sep. 21, 1995)
Greff et al. 5,684,042 Nov. 4, 1997
(Greff) (filing date Jan. 10, 1997)
Rackur et al. DE 33 13 655 C2 Mar. 23, 1995
(Rackur)
Claims 1 through 7 and 26 through 28 on appeal stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Greff in
view of Shanbrom. (Examiner’s answer of Sep. 6, 2000, paper 21,
page 3, referring to the Office action of Feb. 15, 2000, paper
18, pages 2-3.) Also, claims 2, 3, 8, 9, 13 through 15, and 19
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