Ex Parte Hughes - Page 2



         Appeal No. 2006-1845                                                       
         Application No. 10/350,875                                                 
                                   THE INVENTION                                    
              The appellant claims a decontamination facility having a              
         single drain that runs substantially the length of an interior             
         space.  Claim 1 is illustrative:                                           
              1. A decontamination facility comprising:                             
              at least one interior wall; the interior wall being                   
         seamless; the interior wall defining an interior space;                    
              a single drain; the drain running substantially the length            
         of the interior space; and,                                                
              a waste-water tank connected to the drain for holding waste           
         water from the decontamination areas.                                      
                                   THE REFERENCES                                   
                       References relied upon by the examiner                       
         Letner                      4,777,675              Oct. 18, 1988           
         Web pages from Advanced Containment Systems Inc. (ASCI),                   
         http://www.acsi-us.com/html, ten pages, four of which are dated            
         October 3, 2002, and the others of which are undated.                      
                       Reference relied upon by the appellant                       
         Web pages from Advanced Containment Systems Inc.,                          
         http://www.asci-us.com, four pages, two of which are dated                 
         March 24, 2004, and the others of which are undated.                       







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