Appeal No. 1997-0537
Application No. 07/749,554
fluid inlet being located at a position above
said fluid outlet, said chambers for containing
volumes of said contact media to be regenerated,
said chambers defined by members adapted to
retain a volume of said contact media within the
chamber while allowing the downward flow of
fluid through said contact media;
a fluid inlet for treatment fluid to direct said
treatment fluid proximate the top of the
uppermost chamber of said plurality of chambers;
and
a transfer tank operatively coupled through at
least one manifold to said chambers, said
treatment tank and said manifold cooperatively
arranged to allow the movement of said volumes
of said resin from at least one of said chambers
to said transfer tank, and the subsequent
movement of resin from said transfer tank to a
different of said chambers.
In the rejection of the appealed claim, the examiner
relies upon the following references:
Mindler 3,298,950 Jan. 17, 1967
Cooper 3,547,810 Dec. 15, 1970
Appealed claims 1 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Mindler. Claim 3 stands
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Cooper in view of Mindler.
Upon careful consideration of the opposing arguments
presented on appeal, we find ourselves in agreement with
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