Appeal No. 2002-0865
Application No. 08/940,996
presently claimed low-shear pump and heat exchanger having an
essentially laminar flow profile in the recirculation loop of
Fan. Furthermore, it should be established on this record
whether the admittedly known breakdown of an emulsion under the
influence of high shear fields, particularly at elevated
temperatures, was known to apply to both oil-in-water emulsions
and water-in-oil emulsions. These inquiries and findings may
lead to the conclusion that processes within the scope of the
appealed claims would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill
in the art in view of the state of the admitted prior art and
Fan.
In conclusion, based on the foregoing, the examiner's
decision rejecting the appealed claims is reversed. Also, the
application is remanded to the examiner for the reasons set forth
above.
This application, by virtue of its "special" status,
requires immediate action by the examiner. See the Manual of
Patent Examining Procedure, § 708.01(D) (8th ed., Aug. 2001). It
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