Appeal No. 2006-1460
Application No. 10/033,315
a method of producing a multi-layer laminated substrate. This
appealed subject matter is adequately represented by independent
claim 1 which reads as follows:
1. A microfluidic substrate assembly comprising:
a multi-layer laminated substrate defining at least one
fluid inlet port and at least one microscale fluid flow
channel within the multi-layer substrate in fluid
communication with the inlet port for transport of fluid;
and
at least one operative component mounted aboard the multi-
layer laminated substrate in communication with the
microscale fluid flow channel.
The references set forth below are relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of unpatentability:
Wilding et al. (Wilding) 5,928,880 Jul. 27, 1999
Dubrow et al. (Dubrow) 6,475,364 Nov. 5, 2002
Mastrangelo et al. (Mastrangelo) 6,494,433 Dec. 17, 2002
Holl WO 99/60397 Nov. 25, 1999
(published World Intell. Prop. Org. Patent Application)
Claims 1-6, 8-19 and 27-35 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Holl.
Claims 1-6 and 8-12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
being anticipated by Dubrow.
Claims 1-6 and 8-14 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Wilding.
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