Appeal 2007-0510
Application 10/699,507
1 Finally, Kolosov discloses that the high throughput method can be
2 used to measure a number of properties, including viscosity, thermal
3 degradation, aging characteristics, and agglomeration or assemblage of
4 molecules. Kolosov, para. [0065]. We find that one of ordinary skill in the
5 art would have found these properties useful in determining the storage
6 stability of lubricant compositions.
7 For the reasons set forth above, it is reasonable to conclude that the
8 method of claim 20 would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the
9 art in view of the teachings of at least Kolosov.
10 5. Claims 10-13, 30-33, 44, and 45
11 Claim 10 depends from claim 1 and requires each sample to have
12 affixed thereto a bar code identifying the sample.
13 The Examiner finds that the containers holding lubricant samples in
14 Kolosov do not have a bar code attached thereto. The Examiner finds that
15 Garr teaches that it is common in a combinatorial library to identify
16 individual containers by a unique code, such as a bar code, which is optically
17 readable. The Examiner finds that the code can be stored in the memory of a
18 digital signal processor on a database. Final Office Action mailed
19 November 4, 2005 at 10; Answer at 8.
20 The Examiner concludes that the invention of claim 10 would have
21 been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art in view of the combined
22 teachings of at least Kolosov and Garr. Final Office Action mailed
23 November 4, 2005 at 10; Answer at 8.
24 The Appellants do not challenge the Examiner’s findings or the
25 Examiner’s conclusion of obviousness as to claim 10 in the Appeal Brief.
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