Appeal 2007-2364
Application 09/879,613
28. According to the Dispensatory:
[t]he germicidal activity of hydrogen peroxide is generally
greatly overestimated; it persists only as long as oxygen is
being released. Although in relatively dilute solution it will
eventually destroy many of the pathogenic microorganisms, its
action is extremely slow * * * [i]f allowed sufficient time,
relatively small quantities are highly efficient. Heinemann
(J.A.M.A., 1913, 60, 1603) reached the conclusion from his
experiments that 3 teaspoonfuls of the official solution, after
6 hours' exposure will destroy 99 per cent of the bacteria
present in a liter of drinking water; this quantity makes about a
1:1000 solution of hydrogen peroxide.
(Dispensatory at 671, paragraph bridging the columns.)
Integrated Circuit Fabrication
29. According to a technical encyclopedia article, "[t]he integrated-circuit
fabrication process is quite sensitive to both particulate and impurity
contamination. . . . To minimize impurity contamination effects, the
chemicals, solvents, and metals which are used must be of the highest
possible purity (electronic grade)." Bob L. Gregory and Eugene A. Irene,
Integrated Circuits, Fabrication, in 9 McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science
& Technology 260, 260 (7th ed. 1992). (A copy of this article is attached to
this Decision and has been entered in the record of this application.)
The Examiner's Rejection
30. The Examiner found that Onodera discloses every limitation of the
claimed invention "except for the container to be a flexible plastic bag and
the specific degree of range of the hydrogen peroxide." (Examiner's Answer
("Answer") at 3.)
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