In re Ernst

Pek Curiam:

Appellant’s petition for rehearing is granted only to the extent of changing the language of the original opinion dated December 30, 1971, 59 CCPA 966,451 F. 2d 1404,172 USPQ 236, by substituting the following paragraph for the one bridging pages 7 and 8 of the opinion (last paragraph, column 1, page 238 USPQ; last paragraph, column 2, page 1406 F.2d) :

At oral argument appellant alleged that claims 2, 4-5, 23, and 27-29 further distinguish over the prior art since they call for (in varying degrees of specificity) sterilizing gas mixtures, including ethylene oxide mixtures and…