Appeal No. 2002-0864
Application 09/022,817
PRIOR ART
The examiner relies on the following prior art
references:1
Kubisa DE 42 08 355 A1 Sep. 23, 1993
(Published German Patent Application)
Tabata et al. (Tabata) JP 6-126134-A May 10, 1994
(Published Japanese Patent Application)
Kato et al. (Kato) JP 6-319950-A Nov. 22, 1994
(Published Japanese Patent Application)
Appellants’ admission at pages 2 and 3 of the specification in
reference to prior art Figure 3 (hereinafter referred to as
“admitted prior art”).
The appellants rely on the following literature:
Jumpei Ando, “Review of Japanese NOx Abatement Technology for
Stationary Sources,” NOx-Symposium Karlsruhe 1985, pp. A1-A42
(hereinafter referred to as “Ando”).
REJECTION
Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over the combined teachings of the admitted prior
art, Kubisa, Kato and Tabata.
We reverse.
1 Our reference to the published German and Japanese patent
applications is to their corresponding English translations of
record.
3
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