Appeal No. 94-2818 Application 07/834,771 (a) providing a flexible bag for holding concentrated microorganisms that can degrade the waste material for storage and shipment in the bag prior to use; (b) filling the bag with water to form a liquid culture medium with the microorganisms; and (c) metering the liquid culture medium from the bag using a feed line leading from the bag into the waste material over time to degrade the waste material, wherein the liquid culture medium is maintained at ambient temperatures during the metering. The examiner has relied upon the following references as evidence of obviousness: Bond 4,138,036 Feb. 6, 1979 Clarke et al. (Clarke) 4,415,085 Nov. 15, 1983 Daggett et al. (Daggett) 4,879,239 Nov. 7, 1989 Miller et al. (Miller) 4,911,832 Mar. 27, 1990 Mogna WO 90/02167 Mar. 8, 1990 (Published International Application) Claims 1 through 37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Miller in view of Mogna, Clarke, Bond and Daggett. We affirm this rejection for substantially the3 3 The final rejection of claims 22-29 and 36 under the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 has been withdrawn by the examiner in view of appellants’ amendment dated Sept. 1, 1993 (see the advisory action dated Sept. 14, 1993 (Paper No. 11), and page 2 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007