Appeal No. 96-0936
Application 08/230,173
withdrawn from consideration pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.142(b).
We reverse.
The subject matter on appeal relates to an "apparatus for
introducing a stream of fluid into a fluid mass to rapidly
attain uniform radial fluid distribution" (specification, page
1). Claim 8 is representative and reads as follows:
8. An apparatus for radial distribution of fluid into a
fluid mass contained in a vessel comprising (a) a vessel
containing a fluid mass; (b) disposed within said vessel and
within said fluid mass, a centrally disposed fluid riser inlet
conduit extending through a wall or floor of said vessel and
oriented substantially vertically along the fluid riser inlet
conduit's longitudinal axis, said riser inlet conduit having a
plurality of fluid conveying arms each of said arms having an
end remote from said fluid riser inlet conduit, and each of
said arms extending radially and substantially horizontally
outward from the vertical axis of said fluid riser inlet
conduit and extending radially into the fluid mass wherein the
arms have an enclosed length and (c) having along said
enclosed length one or more outlet openings at or near the end
remote from the fluid riser inlet conduit.
The reference relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness is:
Castagnos, Jr. (Castagnos) 4,664,888 May 12, 1987
Claims 8 and 10 through 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
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