Appeal No. 1997-3785
Application No. 08/527,591
an amendment after the final rejection was entered in which
claims 14-19 were
canceled and claims 1 and 3 were amended. The final rejection
was maintained, however, and therefore claims 1-13 are before
us on appeal.
The appellants’ invention is directed to a method for
treating waste gases. The claims on appeal have been
reproduced in an appendix to the Brief.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Aiken et al. (Aiken) 4,277,453 Jul. 7,
1981
Swart et al. (Swart) 4,432,862 Feb. 21,
1984
Greco 5,129,332 Jul. 14,
1992
Cmejrek et al. (Cmejrek)(EP) 0 197 023 Oct.
8, 1986
THE REJECTION
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