Appeal No. 2005-1943
Application No. 09/091,508
(b) open joiner caps attached to at least one end of each of
the two or more pack sections, adjacent open joiner caps being
secured to coaxially connect the pack sections and open joiner
caps into a hollow separation arrangement being at least about 40
inches in length and having an interior diameter of at least of
about 2 inches; and
(c) first and second end caps attached to the hollow
separation arrangement, wherein one of the first and second end
caps comprises a seal having an outside diameter greater than the
largest outside diameter of the hollow separation arrangement,
the end caps including a polymeric or elastomeric material.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of unpatentability:
Pall et al. (Pall ‘923) 3,344,923 Oct. 3, 1967
Pall et al. (Pall ‘881) 4,033,881 July 5, 1977
Pall et al. (Pall ‘012) 4,228,012 Oct. 14, 1980
Driscoll et al. (Driscoll) 4,517,085 May 14, 1985
Stoyell et al. (Stoyell) 5,543,047 Aug. 6, 1996
Claims 1 and 14-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being obvious over Pall ‘923 in view of Stoyell, Pall ‘012, and
Driscoll.
Claim 19 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
obvious over Pall ‘923 in view of Stoyell, Pall ‘012, Driscoll,
and further in view of Pall ‘881.
On page 3 of the brief, appellants state that the claims
stand or fall with independent claim 1. We therefore limit our
consideration to claim 1 in this appeal. See 37 CFR
§ 41.37(c)(1)(vii)(September 2004); formerly 37 CFR
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