Appeal No. 94-4150
Application 07/911,354
granular solid materials wherein the container comprises four
substantially triangular faces which substantially constitute a
tetrahedron. This appealed subject matter is adequately
illustrated by independent claim 17 which reads as follows:
17. A method of establishing contact between fluids
and solid materials, said method comprising passing a fluid
through a container filled with granular solid materials, said
container comprising a closed casing permeable to said fluid,
said casing having pores sufficiently small to retain said
granular solids, said container comprising four substantially
triangular faces which substantially constitute a tetrahedron,
and contacting said fluid with the granular solids within said
container, said container being sufficiently rigid to maintain
the substantially tetrahedron shape during said contacting step.
The references relied upon by the examiner in the rejections
on appeal are:
Smith 4,232,177 Nov. 4, 1980
Mitchell 4,417,433 Nov. 29, 1983
Margel 4,732,811 Mar. 22, 1988
Haney et al. (Haney) 4,792,399 Dec. 20, 1988
Claims ?2-15 [sic, 2-11], 17-21, and 23-27 [sic, 23, 24, 26
and 27] are rejected under 35 USC § 112, first and second
paragraphs, as the claimed invention is not described in such
full, clear, concise and exact terms as to enable any person
skilled in the art to make and use the same, and/or for failing
to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
2
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007