Ex Parte Shenoi - Page 1




                       The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written                                                 
                                for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                        
                                                                                                                                                 
                                UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                         
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                                    BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                            
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                 
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                                               Ex parte  NOEL A. SHENOI                                                                           
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                                                 Appeal No. 2007-0161                                                                             
                                               Application No.  09/797,287                                                                        
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                                                   
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             Before MILLS, GREEN, and LINCK, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                        
             MILLS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                  

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                                
                    This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the examiner's final rejection                                        
             of claims 1, 3, 5-8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 18-20, 22, and 30-37.                                                                           
                    Claim 1 reads as follows.                                                                                                     
                    1.    A method for removing contaminant from groundwater, the method                                                          
             comprising the steps of:                                                                                                             
                    (a)    extracting groundwater including contaminate from the ground;                                                          
                    (b)    placing the extracted groundwater into a tank;                                                                         
                    (c)    applying a vacuum to the tank;                                                                                         
                    (d)    heating the extracted groundwater to a temperature at which at least a                                                 
                           portion of the contaminant vaporizes and separates from the extracted                                                  
                           groundwater, thereby forming cleaned water;                                                                            

















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