Appeal No. 1996-0864
Application No. 08/181,695
per the Advisory Action dated June 28, 1995, Paper No. 15). 2
Claims 1-19 and 21-28 are the only claims remaining in this
application.
According to appellants, the invention is directed to a
method of oxidizing organic material in an aqueous stream
containing one or more inorganic salts, inorganic salt
precursors, or mixtures thereof, comprising oxidizing the
organic material at a temperature at least equal to the
critical temperature of the aqueous stream (e.g., 320 to
500EC., specification, page 10, line 14) to form a single
homogenous fluid phase and at a pressure sufficiently high
(e.g., 4,500 to 25,000 psi, specification, sentence bridging
pages 4-5) to solubilize the inorganic salts in the single
homogenous phase (Brief, page 3).
Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter on appeal
and is reproduced below:
2As noted in the Advisory Action dated June 28, 1995,
Paper No. 15, the amendment dated June 22, 1995, Paper No. 16,
overcomes the final rejection of claims 24 and 28 under the
first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 for lack of “adequate
support” (see the final rejection dated Feb. 1, 1995, Paper
No. 9, page 2).
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