M. A. Shevchenko et al., (Shevchenko), "The Use of Oxidizing Agents to Detoxify Nitro-
Derivatives of Phenols in Water ," Khimiya I Tekhnologiya Vody, 8, No. 6, pages 1-7
(translation), 1986.
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Chemical Abstracts 102:172028f or Shevchenko.
OPINION
We have carefully considered all of the arguments advanced by appellants and
the examiner and agree with the appellants that the aforementioned rejections under
35 U.S.C. § 103 are not well founded. Accordingly, we do not sustain these
rejections.
As an initial matter appellants state that the claims do not all stand or fall
together. Appellants argue for the separate patentability of claims 1 through 2 as a
first group, and claims 3 through 5 as a second group. See Brief, page 2.
Accordingly, we select claims 1 and 3, the sole independent claims as representative
of the claimed subject matter and limit our consideration thereto. 37 C.F.R. § 1.92
(c)(7)(1995).
The Rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103
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