Ex parte NICKENS et al. - Page 2




         Appeal No. 1998-3402                                      Page 2          
         Application No. 08/190,929                                                


              We REVERSE.                                                          


                                    BACKGROUND                                     
              The appellants' invention relates to a waste treatment               
         system.  A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the            
         appendix to the appellants' brief.                                        


              The prior art references of record relied upon by the                
         examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:                            
         Brooks                   3,719,028                    Mar.  6,            
         1973                                                                      
         De Gregorio              3,926,135                    Dec. 16,            
         1975                                                                      
         Gablin et al.            4,168,243                    Sep. 18,            
         1979                                                                      
         (Gablin)                                                                  
         Nguyen                   4,255,168                    Mar. 10,            
         1981                                                                      
         Hay et al.               4,875,420                    Oct. 24,            
         1989                                                                      
         (Hay)                                                                     
         Mattern                  5,383,499                    Jan. 24,            
         1995                                                                      
                                                     (filed May 4, 1992)           
         Earth Resources Corporation, Statement of Qualifications and              
         Experience Compressed Gas Management Services, pp. 1-44                   











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