Appeal No. 96-1165
Application 08/060,422
l) means for feeding said sulfur dioxide and a carbonaceous material to said
third reactor;
m) means for contacting said sulfur dioxide and said reducing agent at a
temperature and for a period of time sufficient to effect the production of a gaseous mixture
of carbon monoxide and sulfur;
n) means for removing said gaseous mixture from said third reactor;
o) means for separating said sulfur from said carbon monoxide; and
p) means for feeding said carbon monoxide to said first reactor.
References of Record
The following references of record are relied upon by the examiner as evidence of obviousness:
Gorin 3,729,551 Apr. 24, 1973
Kertamus et al. (Kertamus) 3,904,387 Sep. 9, 1975
Wheelock 4,102,989 Jul. 25, 1978
The Rejection
Claims 1-35 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Gorin in view of
Kertamus and Wheelock.
Opinion
We have carefully considered the respective positions advanced by appellant and the examiner.
For the reasons set forth below, we will affirm-in-part the examiner's rejection.
At the outset, we note that on page 9 of the brief, appellant states that the claims do not stand or
fall together. The examiner, however, stated that the claims are presumed to stand or fall together because
appellant failed "to present reasons in support thereof not [sic, nor] does the brief provide for different
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