Appeal No. 1998-3015 Page 2 Application No. 08/790,373 BACKGROUND The appellants' invention relates to a liquid mixture separation system. A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief. The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are: Conley et al. 3,878,094 Apr. 15, 1975 (Conley) Sakai 4,591,441 May 27, 1986 Claim 6 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Sakai. Claims 1, 4 and 8 to 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Conley. Claims 5 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Sakai in view of Conley.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007