Appeal No. 95-5000 Page 2
Application No. 08/021,883
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's
rejection of claims 1 to 5, 8, 9, 27 to 31, 34 and 38 to 43.
Claims 17 to 19 have been canceled. Claims 6, 7, 10 to 16, 20
to 26, 32, 33, 35 to 37 and 44 to 49 have been withdrawn from
consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as being drawn to a
nonelected species.
We AFFIRM.
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a system and method
of diffusing gas bubbles into a body of water. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claims 1 and 27, which appear in the appendix to
the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:
Champeau 3,790,141 Feb. 5,
1974
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