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                Appeal 2007-0003                                                                                 
                Application 10/217,990                                                                           

                environmentally friendly (Specification [0008]).  Representative                                 
                independent claim 1, as presented in the Brief, appears below:                                   
                       1.  A transition unit comprising:                                                         
                       an outer cylinder that is cylindrically shaped and made of steel;                         
                       a foundation for supporting the outer cylinder;                                           
                       grounding rods connected to the outer cylinder and extending to a                         
                       water table;                                                                              
                       a lower support structure located within the outer cylinder;                              
                       an inner cylinder supported by the lower support structure; and                           
                       a canister located within the inner cylinder                                              
                       wherein the inner cylinder is operable to permit the transmission of                      
                electromagnetic energy to a material contained within the canister.                              

                       The Examiner relies on the following references in rejecting the                          
                appealed subject matter:                                                                         
                Vanderklaauw   US 5,575,591  Nov. 19, 1996                                                       
                Botzem    US 5,920,602  Jul.   6, 1999                                                           
                Schutz    US 6,156,969  Dec. 5, 2000                                                             
                The Examiner entered the following grounds of rejection:                                         
                I.   Claims 1-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as                       
                containing subject matter which was not described in such a way as to                            
                enable one skilled in the art to make and/or use the invention.                                  
                II.   Claims 1-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph,                        
                as indefinite.                                                                                   



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