Appeal No. 2006-0227 Page 13
Application No. 10/121,264
Chu describes the figures as follows:
FIG. 16B is a side view of the 8 well tray 400 shown in FIG. 16A. A slide
70 is shown on the tray 400. . . . FIG. 16C is an end-on view of the slide
and tray of FIGS. 16A and 16B. . . . Slide 70 is shown resting above sides
of tray 400 showing optional clips 402 to hold slide 70 to tray 400.
Col. 10, lines 14-22.
As discussed above with respect to claim 40, Chu’s microscope slide meets the
instant specification’s definition of a transfer agent layer that has deposited on it at least
two chromosomes. Supra, pages 9-10. The device disclosed by Chu also comprises a
transfer agent space; i.e., “a region capable of containing” “a substance onto or into
which genetic material may be deposited, which can transport the genetic material when
the [substance] is moved.” Such a space is shown in Chu’s Figure 16C: the space
between the two clips 402 is a region capable of containing a microscope slide, which is
a substance onto which genetic material can be deposited, which can transport the
genetic material when the slide is moved. Thus, Chu’s device comprises a transfer
agent space.
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