Appeal No. 96-1389
Application No. 07/925,615
(1) claims 1 and 2, unpatentable over Pinckard in view of
Shelef, Malmström, Plugge and Cottrell; and
(2) claims 4 to 6 and 8, unpatentable over Pinckard in
view of Shelef, Malmström, Plugge and Cottrell, as applied in
the rejection of claims 1 and 2, and further in view of Piez.
Turning to the standing § 103 rejection of claims 1 and
2, the examiner contends that Pinckard discloses that it is
conventional in the art to compost cotton gin trash by
moistening the trash with water while building a pile of the
material to be composted. The examiner acknowledges that
Pinckard does not disclose, inter alia, (1) a porous support
surface for supporting the compost pile, (2) a support post
extending upwardly from substantially the center of the
support surface, (3) conveyor means for conveying cotton gin
trash along a path above the support surface, (4) said
conveyor having a plurality of outlets, (5) a cyclone attached
to the support post for separating cotton gin trash from a
sale of the invention more than one year prior to the
effective filing date of the application. This rejection was
withdrawn in view of appellant’s response thereto in the reply
brief. See the supplemental examiner’s answer mailed March
21, 1995 (Paper No. 20).
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