Appeal No. 2000-0030
Application No. 08/723,451
answer (Paper No. 17, mailed July 16, 1999) for the reasoning
in
support of the rejection, and to appellants’ substitute brief
(Paper No. 16, filed May 20, 1999) for the arguments
thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to appellants’ specification and claims,
to the applied prior art references, and to the respective
positions articulated by appellants and the examiner. As a
consequence of our review, we have made the determinations
which follow.
The examiner’s rejection of claims 1 through 10 on appeal
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 based on the collective teachings of
Been and Kaump recognizes that the pollution prevention system
of Been includes a combination of a laboratory sink (16) with
a drain, a waste collection tank (12) connected to the drain,
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