Ex parte SHACKFORD - Page 4




         Appeal No. 1998-2354                                                      
         Application 08/054,588                                                    


         be off-gassed before and/or after the second mixer to adjust              
         the quantity of oxygen in the pulp (col. 4, lines 26-27;                  
         figure 2).                                                                
              Edlund discloses discharging cooked lignocellulose                   
         materials from a digester by supplying a gas to the upper                 
         portion of the digester such that the gas pressure and static             
         pressure due to                                                           

























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