Appeal No. 96-3376
Application 08/164,889
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 25, 27 through 32, 34, 36 and 38. Claims 8 2
through 10, 13, 14, 21 through 24, 26, 33, 35 and 37, the only
other claims remaining in the application, stand allowed.
Claims 1 through 7, 11, 12 and 15 through 20 have been canceled.
Appellants' invention is directed to a mixer which, as
disclosed, is used in the bleaching of cellulose pulp (paper
pulp). Claims 30 and 31 are illustrative of the subject matter
on appeal and a copy of those claims, as they appear in the
Appendix to appellants' brief, is attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. § 103 are:
Forbes 2,645,464 July 14, 1953
Ahs 4,339,206 July 13, 1982
Gullichsen et al. (Gullichsen) 4,410,337 Oct. 18, 1983
Carre et al. (Carre) 4,416,548 Nov. 22, 1983
2Minor amendments to independent claims 30 and 31 on appeal
were made in a paper filed subsequent to the final rejection on
July 31, 1995 (Paper No. 14).
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