Ex parte SCHOEPE - Page 3




                 Appeal No. 1997-2508                                                                                                                   
                 Application 08/329,463                                                                                                                 


                 Claim 11 stands allowed.  These claims constitute all of the                                                                           
                 claims remaining in the application.                                                                                                   


                          Appellant’s invention pertains to an apparatus for                                                                            
                 magnetically treating water passing through an elongated pipe                                                                          
                 to enhance properties of the water.  An understanding of the                                                                           
                 invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 6,                                                                          
                 a copy of which appears in the “APPENDIX TO BRIEF” (Paper No.                                                                          
                 10).                                                                                                                                   


                          As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the                                                                      
                 documents listed below:                                                                                                                


                 Menold                                       4,265,754                                             May  5,                             
                 1981                                                                                                                                   
                 Eggerichs                                             4,879,045                                             Nov.                       
                 7, 1989                                                                                                                                

                          The following rejection is before us for review. 1                                                                            




                          1A final rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second                                                                              
                 paragraph, was overcome as indicated in the advisory action of                                                                         
                 July 8, 1996 (Paper No. 8).                                                                                                            
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