Appeal No. 96-3404
Application 08/145,775
8. A method for forming an artificial reef module out of
waste material, including concrete not utilized and
returned from a job site by a concrete carrier vehicle,
and tire chips, comprising the steps of:
forming at least one mold, having a plurality of
outstanding triangular walls,
admixing at least 25% by volume of the interior
portion of said mold with tire chips and spent
concrete, and
pouring said admixture into the concrete mold,
whereby when the concrete mixture sets, the
artificial reef module may be removed.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Leeds et al. (Leeds) 1,812,300 Jun. 30, 1931
Harza 2,344,302 Mar. 14, 1944
Danel et al. (Danel) 2,766,592 Oct. 16, 1956
Viner 3,786,997 Jan. 22, 1974
Creter, Jr. et al. (Creter) 4,502,816 Mar. 05, 1985
Kiselewski 4,997,309 Mar. 05, 1991
Waters 5,080,526 Jan. 14, 1992
(filed May 16, 1989(PCT))
Martin 5,229,051 Jul. 20, 1993
(parent filed Sep. 15, 1989)
Claims 1, 2, 11 and 12 stand rejected under the
judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double
patenting.
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being
anticipated by Waters.
Claim 2 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
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