USPTO - "BASF Corporation"

Title: BASF Corporation Source: USPTO Data/Action: Final Decisions of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Date: 8/27/2020 Text Preview: ...EPA,4 and Misselbrook.5 Appeal Br. 2. Appellant does not argue any claim separately from independent claim 1 so claims 3, 7, 8, and 10-14 stand or fall with claim 1. 37 C.F.R. § 41.37 (c)(1)(iv). 2 Examiner rejected the claims as obvious over Hill and EPA "alone or, alternatively, in further view of Misselbrook." Final Act. 4-5. Herein, we consider Examiner's combination of Misselbrook with Hill and EPA. 3 US 5,709,871; issued January 20, 1998 ("Hill"). 4 EPA Pesticide Fact Sheet: Dinotefuran, EPA... ...epa.gov. ("EPA"). 5 US 6,872,689 B1; issued March 29, 2005 ("Misselbrook"). Appeal 2019-005927 Application 14/651,356 3 The issue is whether the preponderance... ...EPA describes dinotefuran as "a broad-spectrum insecticide" used to control a variety of "insect pests." EPA 1-2. EPA...