Appeal No. 2002-0984
Application 09/246,179
in which
M(t) = degree of modification;
U(t) = degree of conversion;
A(t) = absorbance of the characteristic absorption band
of the starting material at time t, and
A(tO) = absorbance of the characteristic absorption
band of the starting material at time tO (i.e., start of the
reaction), and
f) terminating the production or modification reaction when
the desired degree of reaction or modification has been
reached.
THE REFERENCES
The references of record which are being relied on as
evidence of obviousness are:
Doyle (Doyle '389) 4,835,389 May 30, 1989
Doyle (Doyle '551) 5,051,551 September 24, 1991
Berard et al. (Berard) 5,170,056 December 8, 1992
Doyle (Doyle '825) 5,773,825 June 30, 1998
"Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry ", Volume A23,
pages 322-324, 1993 (Ullmann's)
THE REJECTION
Claims 6 through 10 stand rejected as being unpatentable
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as the subject matter therein claimed would
have been obvious at the time appellants made their invention
from the disclosure of any of Berard, Doyle '389, Doyle '551 or
Doyle '825 considered with Ullmann's and "Examiner's Notice."
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