Appeal No. 93-2518
Application 07/696,059
Appellants’ invention is a method for geophysical
prospecting of a subsurface region. Claim 1 is exemplary of the
subject matter on appeal:
1. A method for geophysical prospecting of a
preselected subsurface region, comprising;
generating an electric field of sufficient strength to
penetrate said preselected region to a depth of interest,
converting said electric field to a seismic wave in at
least one porous subsurface earth formation in said preselected
region containing at least one fluid, and
detecting said seismic wave with a seismic detector.
THE REFERENCES
The following prior art was relied on by the examiner
in support of new grounds of rejections made by the examiner in
the examiner’s answer:
Evjen 2,172,557 Sep. 12, 1939
Taylor, Jr. 2,172,778 Sep. 12, 1939
Zimmerman, Jr. 3,392,327 July 9, 1968
Tsao et al. (Tsao) 3,660,754 May 2, 1972
Thompson 4,904,942 Feb. 27, 1990
Morrison, Jr. et al. (Morrison), “Electrokinetic Energy
Conversion in Ultrafine Capillaries,” The Journal of Chemical
Physics, Vol. 43, No. 6, (Sept. 1965), pages 2111-2115.
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 8-12, 14, 16-18, 22, 23 and 25-29 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Thompson or Zimmerman in view of Morrison.
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