Appeal No. 2001-2354
Application No. 09/186,687
exchange device for use with two different fluids. A basic
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claims 1, 11, and 15, respective copies of which appear
in the APPENDIX to the brief (Paper No. 15).
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:
Scherer 3,860,468 Jan. 14, 1975
Humpolik et al 4,531,577 Jul. 30, 1985
(Humpolik)
Pawlick 5,538,079 Jul. 23, 1996
Beamer et al 5,509,199 Apr. 23, 1996
(Beamer)
Del Monte 0 429 401 A2 May 29, 1991
(European Patent Application)
Goetz WO 91/19949 Dec. 26, 1991
(Published PCT Application)
The following rejections are before us for review.
1. Claims 1, 2, 4, 6, 9 through 12, and 14 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Goetz in view of
Humpolik.
2. Claim 15 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Goetz in view of Pawlick.
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