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             Appeal No. 1996-2320                                                                                 
             Application 08/221,224                                                                               


                                               THE REFERENCES                                                     
             Guertin                      3,626,004             Dec. 7,                                           
             1971                                                                                                 
             Koch Engineering Company, Inc. (Koch) brochure, Static Mixing                                        
             Technology 1-12 (1991).                                                                              
             Abstract of Donald M. Marske, “Chlorine contact chamber                                              
             design.  Field evaluation”, 120 Water Sewage Works 70-77                                             
             (1973), 78 Chemical Abstracts 245-46, abstract no. 139934m                                           
             (1973).                                                                                              





                                                THE REJECTION                                                     
                    Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                                        
             unpatentable over Guertin in view of Koch and Marske.                                                
                                                    OPINION                                                       
                    We have carefully considered all of the arguments                                             
             advanced by appellant and the examiner and agree with                                                
             appellant that the aforementioned rejection is not well                                              
             founded.  Accordingly, we reverse this rejection.  Under the                                         
             provisions of 37 CFR § 1.196(b), we enter a new rejection of                                         
             claims 1-4 and 8-15.                                                                                 
                    There is no dispute that Guertin discloses all of the                                         

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