Appeal No. 2005-1262
Application No. 09/864,809
an actuator to selectively activate each of said plurality
of sequentially activatable valves; and
an output port from said passage, said output port
communicating with said mix head.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Paulson 887,120 May 12, 1908
Larsen 1,196,121 Aug. 29, 1916
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 7, 17 through 19, 26, 28, 30 and 31 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Larsen.
Claims 8 through 10, 12, 14, 16, 20 and 21 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Larsen.
Claims 1 through 5, 7 through 10, 12, 14, 16 through 21, 26,
28, 30 and 31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Paulson.
Attention is directed to the main and reply briefs (filed
March 22, 2004 and July 30, 2004) and the answer (mailed May 28,
2004) for the respective positions of the appellants and examiner
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