Appeal No. 95-1668
Application 07/948,089
14. A method of preparing a high heating value fuel product
comprising the steps of:
blending a high heating value waste material with a sewage
sludge, said waste material having a hydrocarbon-containing
material having a heating value of greater than 7000 BTU, said
sewage sludge being between 10 and 50% of a weight of said waste
material, said sewage sludge being a product of a secondary
treatment system of a sewage processing plant;
adding a lime-containing substance to the blend of said
waste material and said sewage sludge; and
forming the blended mixture into a form suitable for
handling.
THE REFERENCES
von Porten 1,572,909 Feb. 16, 1926
Somerville et al. (Somerville) 4,875,905 Oct. 24, 1989
THE REJECTION
Claims 1 and 3-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Somerville in view of von Porten.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments advanced
by appellants and the examiner and agree with appellants that the
aforementioned rejection is not well founded. Accordingly, this
rejection will be reversed.
Appellants’ invention as it is most broadly recited in claim
14 is a method for preparing a high heating value product by
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