Appeal No. 2005-1236 Application No. 10/065,796 propriety of the examiner’s rejections below based on this claim alone in accordance with 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7) (2003) and 37 CFR § 41.37(c)(1)(vii)(2004). See In re McDaniel, 293 F.3d 1379, 1384, 63 USPQ2d 1462, 1465-66 (Fed. Cir. 2002). Claim 1 is reproduced below: 1. A method for removing low molecular weight hydrocarbons from an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, the method comprising: a) contacting the exhaust gas with a water-removing composition; and b) contacting the exhaust gas at a position downstream from the water-removing composition with a hydrocarbon-removing material to remove at least some of the hydrocarbons from the exhaust gas; wherein the hydrocarbon-removing material has a sufficiently low Si to Al atom ratio that less than about 50% of the low molecular weight hydrocarbons desorb from the hydrocarbon-removing material at a temperature of about 250oC. In support of his rejections, the examiner relies on the following prior art references: Minami et al. (Minami) 5,140,811 Aug. 25, 1992 Hertl et al. (Hertl) 5,417,947 May 23, 1995 Claims 1 through 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as anticipated by the disclosure of Hertl. Claims 1 through 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Hertl and Minami. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007