Appeal No. 2002-0431
Application 09/309,057
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a cleaning apparatus for removing
chemical substances from an inside wall of a conduit. Claim 1 is
illustrative:
1. An apparatus for removing chemical substances deposited
on an inside wall of a conduit in a cleaning process comprising:
a movable shaft having an upper portion and a lower portion,
a plurality of scraping elements attached to said upper
portion of the shaft,
drive means attached to said lower portion of the shaft for
providing both vertical and circumferential motions of said
shaft,
a housing adapted for receiving said shaft and said
plurality of scraping elements, and
a controller for controlling said cleaning process by a
plurality of scraping elements driven by said movable shaft to
scrape said chemical substances deposited on the inside wall of
said conduit.[1]
THE REJECTION
Claims 1-17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first
paragraph, enablement requirement.
1 The amendment in which this form of claim 1 was introduced
(amendment filed November 2, 2000, paper no. 9) has been approved
for entry by the examiner (advisory action mailed November 16,
2000, paper no. 10), but has not been clerically entered. The
examiner should have this amendment entered.
2
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