Appeal No. 1996-3491
Application 08/213,347
taking a temperature measurement in at least two
separate locations within the regenerator vapor region;
calculating the difference between the
temperature measurement of each location within the
regenerator vapor region as )T; and
increasing oxygen concentration in one of the
first and second streams of air, when )T has an absolute
value that is greater than a predetermined value, until
the absolute value of )T is less than or equal to the
predetermined value.
Prior art references relied upon by the examiner as
evidence
of obviousness are:
Pohlenz 3,206,393 Sep.
14, 1965
Luckenbach 4,243,517 Jan.
6, 1981
Cabrera et al. (Cabrera) 4,849,091
Jul. 18, 1989
Appealed claims 1-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to
particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
which applicant regards as the invention. Appealed claims 1-8
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over the combination of Pohlenz and Luckenbach. Appealed
claims 9-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the combination of Cabrera and Luckenbach.
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