Appeal No. 94-2818
Application 07/834,771
(a) providing a flexible bag for holding
concentrated microorganisms that can degrade the waste
material for storage and shipment in the bag prior to use;
(b) filling the bag with water to form a liquid
culture medium with the microorganisms; and
(c) metering the liquid culture medium from the
bag using a feed line leading from the bag into the waste
material over time to degrade the waste material, wherein the
liquid culture medium is maintained at ambient temperatures
during the metering.
The examiner has relied upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
Bond 4,138,036 Feb.
6, 1979
Clarke et al. (Clarke) 4,415,085 Nov. 15,
1983
Daggett et al. (Daggett) 4,879,239 Nov.
7, 1989
Miller et al. (Miller) 4,911,832 Mar. 27,
1990
Mogna WO 90/02167 Mar. 8,
1990
(Published International Application)
Claims 1 through 37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as unpatentable over Miller in view of Mogna, Clarke, Bond and
Daggett. We affirm this rejection for substantially the3
3 The final rejection of claims 22-29 and 36 under the second paragraph of 35
U.S.C. § 112 has been withdrawn by the examiner in view of appellants’ amendment dated
Sept. 1, 1993 (see the advisory action dated Sept. 14, 1993 (Paper No. 11), and page 2
3
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