Appeal No. 95-4838 Application No. 08/131,643 final rejection dated September 20, 1994, Paper No. 4, which are all of the claims in the case. THE INVENTION Appellants’ invention is directed to a submicron filter assembly connected to an exhaust gas destruction unit. The submicron filter unit filters submicron particles out of treated exhaust gas and has an output connected thereto. Claim 1 is illustrative of appellants’ invention and is reproduced below. 1. A device, comprising: an input coupled to receive at least one exhaust gas; an exhaust gas destruction unit connected to said input for treating said at least one exhaust gas; a submicron filter assembly connected to said exhaust gas destruction unit for filtering submicron particulates out of said treated exhaust gas; and an output connected to said submicron filter assembly. THE REFERENCES OF RECORD As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon the following references: 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007