Appeal No. 2004-2241
Application No. 10/059,577
providing a source of iodine vapor;
providing such membrane in the form of an enclosure to
contain the source of iodine vapor;
providing a vessel that contains a receiving medium for the
iodine vapor; and
permeating iodine vapor across the membrane.
In the rejection of the appealed claims, the examiner relies
upon the following references:
Koch 4,483,771 Nov. 20, 1984
O'Dowd 5,275,736 Jan. 4, 1994
Appellants' claimed invention is directed to a method of
making an aqueous solution of thermodynamically free iodine. The
method entails transferring iodine vapor across a porous membrane
that is impermeable to liquids and solids.
Appealed claims 1-5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 26, 27, 30 and 31 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by O'Dowd.
Claim 15 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over O'Dowd. In addition, claims 6, 8, 11, 12 and
14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over O'Dowd in view of Koch, whereas claims 1-3, 5-14, 26, 27, 30
and 31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Koch in view of O'Dowd.
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