Appeal No. 97-1366
Application No. 08/281,318
to a waste water drain conduit, and (iii) a curved tubing
section (54) extending between the first substantially
circular opening and the distal end and defining a curved
centerline immediately below and continuously from the first
substantially circular opening.
A correct copy of independent claims 1 and 10 is appended
to the examiner's answer. A correct copy of dependent claims
2 and 4 through 9 can be found in the appendix to appellant's
brief.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
McFarland 310,298 Jan. 06,
1885
O'Donnell 1,091,697 Mar. 31,
1914
McEwen 3,775,780 Dec. 04, 1973
Olsson WO 92/19901 Nov. 12, 1992
(PCT Application)
The following rejections are before us for review:
Claims 1 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to
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