The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte E. STUART SAVAGE and DAVID C. CLACK
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Appeal No. 2006-1611
Application No. 10/669,771
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ON BRIEF
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Before KIMLIN, PAK, and WARREN, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-23.
Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A process for removing BOD and suspended solids from a high
volume wastewater stream comprising:
piping high volume, raw, unsettled wastewater directly to a
deep bed filter without pretreatment in a facultative zone;
filtering the high volume, raw, unsettled wastewater by
filtration through the deep bed filter;
backwashing the deep bed filter.
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