Appeal No. 1998-0910
Application No. 08/454,596
through 8, all of the claims in the application.
Appellant’s invention pertains to an above-ground sewage
removal system for a low water use toilet within a building.
As disclosed (specification, page 3), the invention is
intended to provide a practical sewage removal system for low
water use
toilets in buildings in polar or cold climates. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claim 1, a copy of which appears in the APPENDIX
to the main brief (Paper No. 14).
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the
documents listed below:
Burns et al. 3,730,884 May 1,
1973
(Burns)
Oldfelt et al. 4,713,847 Dec.
22, 1987
(Oldfelt)
Ushitora et al. 5,100,266 Mar. 31,
1992
(Ushitora)
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
2
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