Appeal 2007-1669
Application 10/434,038
biological treatment systems. The process comprises contacting the waste
streams with organic monoamines, organic polyamines and/or ammonium
compounds at essentially ambient conditions (Specification 2-3).
Representative independent claim 1, as presented in the Brief, appears
below:
1. A process for reducing aldehyde and/or ketone concentration in a
non-aqueous waste stream, said process comprising
(a) contacting a non-aqueous waste stream comprising at least one
aldehyde and/or at least one ketone with an effective amount of at least one
organic nitrogen-containing base compound selected from the group
consisting of methylamine, ethylamine, dimethylamine, polyamines and
mixtures thereof; and
(b) maintaining said waste stream in contact with the at least one
organic nitrogen-containing base compounds for a sufficient length of time
to allow at least a 50% reduction in aldehyde and/or ketone concentration.
The Examiner relies on the following references in rejecting the
appealed subject matter:
Lashley US 3,923,648 Dec. 2, 1975
Roof US 5,606,094 Feb. 25, 1997
Kurian US 6,325,945 B2 Dec. 4, 2001
Claims 1-5, 8-13, 16-22, and 24-26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as unpatentable over Kurian in view of Roof; and claims 7 and 15
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Kurian and Roof
in view of Lashley.
The issue presented for review is as follows:
Has the Examiner reasonably determined that a person having
ordinary skill in the art would have been led to perform a process for
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