Appeal No. 2007-0188 Page 2
Application No. 10/683,789
first sub-area and a second signal in response to a second level of
the mammalian substance in the second sub-area;
wherein the chemical detection system comprises a first chemical
composition on the first sub-area and a second chemical composition
on the second sub-area, the first chemical composition detects the
first lower level of the mammalian substance and the second
chemical composition detects the second higher level of the
mammalian substance; and
the mammalian substance being detected is not a hydrogen ion or
ion aggregate.
The references relied upon by the Examiner are:
Rittersdorf et al. (Rittersdorf) 3,917,452 Nov. 4, 1975
Springer et al. (Springer) 6,617,488 Sep. 9, 2003
Diehl et al. (Diehl) US 2003/0158530 Aug. 21, 2003
Ponce et al. (Ponce), “Critical Revision of Presumptive Tests for Bloodstains,”
Forensic Science Communications, Vol. 1, No. 2, (1999).
GROUNDS OF REJECTION
Claims 1, 3-26 and 28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, as lacking adequate written descriptive support.
Claims 1, 3-11, 14-20, 22-26 and 28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over the combination of Diehl, Ponce and Rittersdorf.
Claims 10, 12, 13, 20 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over the combination of Springer, Ponce and Rittersdorf.
We reverse.
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