Appeal No. 2006-1873 Page 2
Reissue Application No. 08/058,163
II. Findings of Fact
The following findings of fact are supported by a preponderance of the evidence
of record.
1. Application 08/058,163 (“the reissue application”) was filed on 4 May 1993 as a
reissue application of U.S. Patent 4,855,127 (“the original patent”), which issued
8 August 1989.
2. The reissue application was filed more than two years after the original patent
was granted.
3. The original patent contained one independent claim and thirteen dependent
claims.
4. Originally issued claim 1 read (emphasis added):
A solid pheromone entrapped composition comprising:
from approximately 5% to approximately 95% by weight of a cross-
linked hydrophobic comb-like polymer lattice;
from approximately 95% to about 5% by weight of a solid
pheromone;
said monomers of said cross-linked polymer and said pheromone
being polymerized in situ;
said pheromone being dispersed uniformly throughout and
entrapped within said polymer lattice.
5. Originally issued dependent claim 13 limited the pheromone of claim 1 to “cis-2-
isopropylpentyl-1-methyl-cyclobutane-ethanol.”
6. Originally issued dependent claim 14 limited the pheromone of claim 1 to “1,1-
dimethyl-chloro-2-methylclcylohexane-1-carboxylate [sic].”
7. Reissue claim 1 reads:
A solid pheromone entrapped composition comprising:
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