Appeal No. 2002-1882
Application 09/756,383
claim a method for feeding a gasoline composition containing
rhodium acetylacetonate and a fuel-soluble organoplatinum
compound to an engine so as to renew or improve the performance
of a three-way catalytic converter operated on the engine.
Claim 1, directed toward the composition, is illustrative:
1. A composition for adding to gasoline for the purpose of
maintaining or improving the performance of a three-way catalytic
converter, comprising a blend of rhodium acetylacetonate and a
fuel-soluble organo-platinum compound.
THE REFERENCES
Bowers et al. (Bowers) 4,891,050 Jan. 2, 1990
Epperly et al. (Epperly) 5,034,020 Jul. 23, 1991
THE REJECTION
Claims 1-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Bowers
and over Bowers in view of Epperly.
OPINION
We affirm the aforementioned rejections.
The appellants state that the claims do not stand or fall
together (brief, page 4). The appellants, however, do not
provide a substantive argument as to why the claims are believed
to be separately patentable. Accordingly, we limit our
discussion to one claim, i.e., claim 1. See In re Ochiai, 71
F.3d 1565, 1566 n.2, 37 USPQ2d 1127, 1129 n.2 (Fed. Cir. 1995);
37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7)(1997).
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