Ex Parte Murphy et al - Page 3



               Appeal 2007-1378                                                                          
               Application 10/327,459                                                                    
           1         B.  Record on appeal                                                                
           2         In deciding this appeal, we have considered only the following                      
           3   documents:                                                                                
           4         1.   Specification, including original claims.                                      
           5         2.   Drawing                                                                        
           6         3.   Office action entered 26 October 2005.                                         
           7         4.   Office action entered 04 April 2006                                            
           8         5.   Corrected Appeal Brief on appeal filed 02 August 2006                          
           9         6.   Examiner’s Answer entered 31 August 2006                                       
         10          7.   Tenengauzer                                                                    
         11          8.   Curatolo                                                                       
         12          9.   Singer                                                                         
         13    10.  PTO bibliographic data sheet                                                         
         14    11.  Rouhi, The Right Stuff, 18 Chemical and Engineering News 26-33                       
         15    (Feb. 23, 2003), a copy of which appears in the Evidence Appendix of the                  
         16    appeal brief.                                                                             
         17    12.  Claims on appeal.                                                                    
         18                                                                                              
         19          C.  Issues                                                                          
         20          There are two principal issues on appeal.                                           
         21          The first issue is whether appellants have sustained their burden of                
         22    showing that the Examiner erred in rejecting the claims on appeal as being                
         23    unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over Tenengauzer.                                   




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