Appeal No. 2000-0110
Application 08/818,447
wafers (col. 1, lines 9-12). Shiramizu places pure water
containing electrolyte in anode and cathode sub-cells of an
electrolytic cell, the sub-cells having between them a partition
membrane which allows ions, but not water, to pass therethrough
(col. 2, lines 30-32 and 56-61). The exemplified electrolyte is
ammonium chloride (col. 9, lines 59-61). The exemplified pH and
oxidation reduction potential of the anodic water at the
beginning of a storage period are, respectively, about 1.5 and
about 1200 mV, and the corresponding values for the cathodic
water are about 10.5 and about -800 mV (col. 4, lines 13-49;
figure 2).
Themy discloses a method for generating chlorine by
electrolysis of sodium chloride brines (col. 2, lines 15-19).
The portions of Themy relied upon by the examiner are a teaching
that tap Palo Alto tap water contains 5 mg/l NaCl (col. 4,
lines 5-6), and a table which discloses generation of ozone and
chlorine by electrolysis of various solutions, one of which
contains HCl (col. 5, lines 25-45).
JP ‘478 discloses a method for manufacturing a sterilization
solution by electrolyzing a mixture of water, sodium chloride and
hydrochloric acid in a diaphragm-less vessel (pages 5-6). The
portions of JP ‘478 relied upon by the examiner are a disclosure
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