Appeal No. 2000-0030
Application No. 08/723,451
prevention system which avoids the discharge of laboratory
waste, i.e., both hazardous and benign laboratory waste, into
a public sewer system and subsequently into the natural
environment. Independent claim 1 is representative of the
subject matter on appeal and a copy of that claim, as
reproduced from the Appendix to appellants’ brief, is attached
to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Kaump 4,349,436 Sep. 14,
1982
Been 4,641,680 Feb. 10,
1987
Claims 1 through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Been in view of Kaump.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejection and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellants
regarding the rejection, we make reference to the examiner's
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