Appeal No. 2007-0379 Page 2
Application No. 10/045,301
cooling proximity to said cooling source so as to allow cooling of said
water in said flexible reservoir; and
a control system coupled to and controlling operation of said
treated water source and said host system.
20. A system, comprising:
a water-using unit having a cabinet and a first user access area,
said water-using unit including a treated water source sharing at least
part of said cabinet such that said treated water source is integral
with said water-using unit and further including a host system
performing host functions, said host system coupled to said treated
water source; and
a separate unit remote from said water-using unit such that said
separate unit does not share said cabinet, said separate unit having
a second user access area, said separate unit supplied by said
treated water source, and wherein said first and second user access
areas are not presented as a combined user access area.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Voznick et al. (Voznick) 5,256,279 Oct. 26, 1993
Blades 5,536,411 Jul. 16, 1996
Credle 5,992,685 Nov. 30,1999
Boulter 6,093,312 Jul. 25, 2000
GROUNDS OF REJECTION
I. Claims 1, 6-8, 11-15, and 18-31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph, as lacking adequate written descriptive support.
II. Claims 20-25, 27, and 31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over
Boulter.
III. Claims 26 and 28-30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the combination of Boulter and Credle.
IV. Claims 1, 8, and 12-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the combination of Boulter and Voznick.
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