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This in a comniunicatrnn lrorrt the examiner in charge ct your application
cowvtisstontiit or t=r.‘tt rite AND tRAD[>.taI2l m This application has been examined E Responsive to communication tiled on I E { D This action ls made iinal.
A shortened statutory period lor response to this action is set to expire \B monIh(s), days lrom the date ol this letter.
Failure to respond within the period lor response will cause the application to become abandoned, 35 U S.C, 133
Part I THE FOLLOWING ATTACHMENUS) ARE PART OF THIS ACTION: ,
1. E Notice ol References Cited by Examiner, PTO692. 2. E Notice re Patent Drawing, PTO-948.
3. D Notice ol Art Cited by Applicant, PTOJ449. 4. D Notice ol Inlormel Patent Application, Form PTO»152
5. D Information on How ld Etlect Drawing Changes, PTO-1474. 6. D .
Pun tt SUMMARY OF ACTION
tg Claims [ 3 h 2*3 are pending in the application.
Ol the above, claims are withdrawn lrorn consideration.
2. D Claims V have been cancelled
3. D Claims are allowed.
dm Claims [ " R 3 are rejected.
5. Ei Claims are objected to.
6, D Claims are subject to restriction or election requirement.
7. D This application has been Glad with inlormal drawings under 37 C.F.Fl, 1.85 which are acceptable lor examination purposes.
B. C] Fonnal drawings are required in response to this Ollice action.
9. D The corrected or substitute drawings have been received on . Under 37 C.F.R. 1.64 these drawings
are Q acceptable; D not acceptable (see explanation or Notice re Patent Drawing, PTO·948).
10. D The proposed additional or substitute sheet(sl ol drawings, Bled on . has (have) been D approved by the
examiner; [`J disapproved by the examiner (see explanation).
11. D The proposed drawing correction, tiled , has been lj approved; D disapproved (see explanation).
12. E Acknowledgement is made oi the claim lor priority under U.S.C. 119. The certilied oopy has D been received [1 not been received
D been med in parent application, serial no. ; tiled on .
13. D Since this application apppears to be in condition lor allowance except lor lormal matters, prosecuiion as to the merits Is closed in
accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11; 453 O.G. 213.
14. D Other
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Serial No. 646,658 -2-
Art Unit lll
Claim 13-23 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 5 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point
nut and distinctly claim the subject matter which applicant
regards as the inveutinn.
The fnllowing terms render the claims vague and indefinite
_ for lack of particnlarlty: "impervjmus pad"; "precalihrated -
emi tters". Also rylaims give no criterion For predeterininiuq the
flow rates nor indicate laterally to what are the plurality of
tubes spaced.
The following a tp.ni>tat,i,on of the appi"opriia te _|_l crt 35 ll.S.C. 5 102 iliat fcnwn the lnasis: {orc the irejecduhxns iunler
this sectinn made in this Office action;
A person shall he entitled to a patent unless --
(hi the invention was patented or described in a printed
‘pni;i,lii.cat‘ir>n in this or a fore‘ign c¤tnii‘it.ry or ii n pnhl ic use or _
on sale in this country, more than nne year prior tn the
date of application for patent in the United States.
Claim 13-23 rejected under 25 U.S.C. § l03(h) as heing
anticjpated·hé£;;;£i;n.
Herndon éeaehes a hndy of ore hy means of a system of
laterally spaced tnhes. In the normal operation of such system ,
there will necessarily he some nverlap of contact of lmxiviate
emanating fjrcim the pluiraliliy of opening iin Hern ‘ Rose has heen cited to shun a system of tubes for delivering
a lexivant note Rose's concrete foundation,
Any inquiry concerning this cnmmunication or earlier
ctnnmtniicratihnrul fiwnn tlie exsnniiier· shcnild ine tlirecxtecl ici Pett+r
Rosenberg whose telephone number is (703) 308-1103.
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