Appeal 2007-2985
Application 010/669,978
1 Claims 19-27 also appear in the application on appeal and have been
2 allowed.
3 We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b).
4 The application on appeal was filed on 24 September 2003.
5 Haas claims benefit of an earlier filing date based on provisional
6 application 60/414,327, filed 30 September 2002.
7 The real party in interest is Degussa AG (Düsseldorf, Germany).
8 The Examiner rejected claims 1-15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
9 unpatentable over Tsao.
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11 Name Patent Number Issue Date
12 Tsao US 4,889,689 26 Dec. 1989
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14 Tsao is prior under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
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16 B. Record on appeal
17 In deciding this appeal, we have considered only the following
18 documents:
19 1. Specification, including original claims (there are no
20 drawings).
21 2. Office action entered 14 September 2005.
22 3. Amendment received 16 December 2005.
23 4. Final Rejection entered 30 January 2006.
24 5. Amendment filed 13 April 2006.
25 6. Office action entered 25 April 2006.
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