“Pp The State Intellectual Property Office of People’s Republic of China Issuing Date: 510530 me SOREN THD BEAR 9: KE 247-249 5S REET ATS 8H 9 3509 (18520142989) Application No. or Publication No.201610581827.5 Issue No. Application or Patentee: Landmark Title of Invention: A Novel Municipal Pipe Sewage Treatment Method The Second Office Action 1, Bathe examiner has already received the observation submitted by the applicant on 2018-10- 02, ,based on this, the examiner continues the substantive examination for aforesaid application for a patent for invention. ln accordance with the reexamination decision of the Patent Reexamination Board of the State Intellectual Property Office on + the examiner continues the substantive examination for aforesaid application for a patent for invention. oOo 2,Qlipon examination, the amendment submitted by the applicant on shall not be accepted for not in conformity with Rule 51.3 of the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law. 3.Continuation of the examination is performed on the basis of the following applicant document's: Amended application documents attached to the aforesaid observation, Application documents to which the last Office Action is directed and replacement sheets of the amended application documents attached to the aforesaid observation. BApplication documents to which the last Office Action is directed. Application documents confirmed by the aforesaid reexamination decision. a 4, Blhis Office Action does not refer to any new reference documents. Hihe following reference documents are cited in this Office Action(the serial mumber(s) of which is numbered as before, and it will be used in _follov-on examination) No. [Document number or Document title publication date lication date of the conflict 5.Conelusive opinions of the examination: About the deseript ior Che application falls into the scope of subject matter which is nonpatentable according 210803 2010.2“Pp The State Intellectual Property Office of People’s Republic of China to Article 5 of the Patent Law. Lithe description fails to comply with the provisions of Article 26.3 of the Patent Law. 4 the description fails to comply with the provisions of Article 33 of the Patent Law. of the Implementing Othe drafting of the description fails to comply with Rule Regulations of the Patent Law oO About the claims: Othe claim(s) fail(s) to comply with the provisions of Article 2.2 of the Patent Law, tthe claim(s) fail(s) to comply with the provisions of Article 9.1 of the Patent Law. the claim(s) fail(s) to comply with the novelty requested by Article 22.2 of the Patent Law. Bathe claim(s) i1(s) to comply with the inventive steps requested by Article 22.3 of the Patent Lav. Othe claim(s) fail(s) to comply with the applicability requested by Article 22.4 of the Patent Law. Othe claims) fall(s) into the scope of subject matter which is nonpatentable according to Article 25 of the Patent Lax. Othe claim(s) fail(s) to comply with the provisions of Article 26.4 of the Patent Law. Othe claim(s) fail(s) to comply with the provisions of Article 31.1 of the Patent Law. Othe claim(s). fail(s) to comply with the provisions of Article 33 of the Patent Law, Othe claim(s) fail(s) to comply with the provisions of Rule 19 of the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law. the claim(s) fail(s) to comply with the provisions of Rule 20 of the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law. Othe claims) fail(s) to comply with the provisions of Rule 21 of the Implement ing Regulations of the Patent Law. Othe claims) fail(s) to comply with the provisions of Rule 22 of the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law. oOo Othe application fails to comply with the provisions of Article 26.5 of the Patent Law or Rule 26 of its Implement ing Regulation: the application fails to comply with the provisions of Article 20.1 of the Patent Law. Othe divisional application fails to comply with the provisions of Rule 43.1 of the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law. ‘The detailed analyses of the above conclusive opinions refer to the text of this Office Action, 6.0n the basis of the conclusive opinions, the examiner suggests: s according to the text of this Office the applicant should amend the application documer Action, Che applicant should state the reasons why the patent application should be granted in the observation, and amend the part which fails to comply with the provisions according to this 210803 2010.2“Pp The State Intellectual Property Office of People’s Republic of China Office Action; otherwise the patent application should not be granted, Bathe substantive content that might be granted can not be found in the application, if the applicant does not state the reasons or the stated reasons are not sufficient, the application shall be rejected. o 7. The applicant should pay attention to the followings statements: (CD In accordance with Article 37 of the Patent Law, the applicant should submit the written opinion within two months from the date of receipt of this Office Action. If, without any justified reason, the time limit for reply is not met, the application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn, (2) The amenduent of the application document by the applicant should be in conformity with Article 33 of the Patent Lax, and it should not exceed the scope specified in the initial description and claims. Meanwhile, the amendment of the application document by applicant should be in conformity with Rule 51.3 of the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law, and in accordance with this Office Action. (3) The written opinion and/or amendment document of the applicant should be sent by mail or submitted directly to the Receiving Division of the Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office, otherwise it will he considered to have no legal effect. (4) Without appointment, the applicant and/or the agent should not come to the Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office to have an interview with the examiner. 8. The text of this Office Action has 4 pages, and the attachments are as follows: Othe total number of copies of the reference documents cited is copies and pages. ao Name of the Examiner: #854 Tel:020- Examination Department: # Fifi #EWME "Zeb als 28950833 PS LARD AD 210803 2010.2“Pp The State Intellectual Property Office of People’s Republic of China The Second Office Action Application Number: 2016105818275 The applicant filed an Opinion Statement on October 02, 2018 without amendment to the application file, and after reading the above document the Examiner continued to examine the present case, again presenting the Examining Opinion as follows. 1, Independent Claim | is devoid of the inventive step specified in Section 22, 3rd paragraph of Patent law Claim 1 claims a novel municipal plumbing sewage treatment process, Comparative document 1 (CN1706760A) discloses a municipal sewage treatment process and system, and specifically discloses the following technical features (see specification page 2, paragraphs 1-5, page 3, paragraphs 1-8, page 4, paragraphs 1-4, page 5, paragraphs 1-8, page 6, paragraphs 1-4, Fig. 1) An intograted municipal sewage treatment method: municipal sewage is entrapped through coarse and medium arilles to remove large suspensions and floaters followed by the following steps characterized by further going through the following, steps in sequence: ‘a Flocculant is dosed ahead of sewage flowing into sump pump. bb Coagulant is dosed after sewage flows out of the sump, € into mixing reaction sinker pool: well mixing reaction to form good alum flowers, d into clarifier: soli-liquid separation is performed, sludge is sunk into the bottom of the basin to separate from the supernatant, € into nitrification and denitrification pools: addition of green in nitrification and denitrification pools, respectively formulation to digest organic contaminants in sewage, f Into sand filter: Filter out biofilm shed during biochemical treatment and then out water In the methods of the present invention, large suspension is removed by coarse and medium grate entrapment, ‘municipal sewage after floater flows through pipes into sump sump, dosing the flocculant before the lift pump. initial agitation of the Mlocculant with the sewage is carried out by means of the impeller of the lift pump. after which the coagulant is dosed, and the treated municipal sewage flows through the mixing reaction basin for a thorough mixing reaction to form good alum flowers for a reaction time between 3 and 30 minutes (corresponding, to the chemical reaction phase, dosing of the flocculant) and then flows into the setting basin. Residence time in the sedimentation basin of step d between 30 and 80 min finishes solid-liquid separation (Corresponding to further sedimentation accumulation of impurities from the chemical reaction stage during sedimentation), this step allows the vast majority of contaminants to flocculate to form sludge in the clarifier, which 210803 2010.2“Pp The State Intellectual Property Office of People’s Republic of China removes 70- % of COD, 65-70% of BOD, 90 % of $8, 93-96% of wild bacteria, pathogens, viruses, 99% of heavy metals in the sewage, and sludge water content after sedimentation is around 97%, BoDS can be increased around 30% afier physicochemical treatment of the supernatant, and the BODICOD ratio (Biochem. Coefficient) is also increased from around 0.16 to above 0.4 for the raw water, allowing the sewage water to be converted from non- biochem-alizable to biochem-alizable. The supematant of the sedimentation tank may then flow into nitrification and denitrification tanks to further digest organic contaminants in the sewage (corresponding to a biological reaction stage). From the above, Comparative Document | has disclosed a municipal sewage treatment process comprising a chemical reaction phase in which a flocculant is dosed, a precipitation phase in which impurities formed in the chemical reaction phase are further precipitated and accumulated, and a biological reaction phase. It follows that, the technical solution claimed in claim 1 is comparable to that disclosed in Comparative Document 1, the disti ishing technical features are: This application claims a municipal plumbing sewage treatment method, it further comprises a filtration phase and a primary precipitation phase, wherein the primary precipitation phase, the chemical reaction phase, the secondary precipitation phase, the filtration phase and the biological reaction phase are set in sequence accordi (0 the direction of the water flow, the precipitation phase employing laying a 20-30 cm depth of grit laver in the direction of the bottom layer and the dirt inlet of the urban pipe: the chemical reaction phase employs the delivery of floceulants and medicaments into urban pipelines; the filtration stage subjecting the secondary precipitation stage treated sewage to precipitation treatment to remove filter residue and reject filtrate: a bioreaction stage for further purification of the filtrate, On the basis of the role played by the above distinguishing technical features in this application, the technical problem actually solved by the solution claimed in claim 1 compared to that disclosed in comparative document 1 is how to optimize the process for treatment of municipal sewage. However, for the above distinguishing technical features, Comparative Document 2 (CN1285321 A) discloses a I features municipal underground ducted sowage treatment process and specifically discloses the following techni (sce specification page 1. paragraphs 2-4, page 2, paragraphs 1-4, page 3, parat phs 1-4) The invention is in the underground of municipal pipelines, or within dedicated underground piping, sewage treatment is composed of a primary precipitation phase, an anacrobic phase. a sccondary precipitation phase, an actobie phase and a filtration phase, and these phases are all in urban sewers, or within dedicated underground piping, each stage being set in sequence by the direction of water flow. both a primary precipitation phase, an anaerobic phase, a secondary precipitation phase, an aerobic phase and a filtration phase, an initial precipitation stage pass filter screen, 10 remove some particles, suspensions, ete, impurities in the sewage, the sewage is subjected to 210803 2010.2“Pp The State Intellectual Property Office of People’s Republic of China some pre-treatment before entering the biological treatment, increasing the capacity and the treatment effect of the subsequent treatment, a secondary sedimentation stage flows out when the sewage passes through the anaerobic stage, part of the sludge sludge and flocculated, peptized pollutants can settle down, and the studge under sedimentation is directly drawn away by a sludge pump through a sludge tank provided at the bottom of the pipes. Such a method may thus be exempt from establishing specialized sewage treatment plants for cities, or greatly increase the treatment capacity of original sewage treatment plants, with substantial savings in labor, as well as floor space on the ground, and the present invention has broad application prospects and utilitarian value for modern metro sewage treatment. analyzed, the above technical features play the same role in Comparative Document 2 as the corresponding technical features in this application, all directly treating municipal sewage using municipal pipelines. thereby reducing the equipment footprint, accordingly, on the basis that Comparative Document I has disclosed a municipal sewage treatment method, the person skilled in the art is motivated to try to treat municipal sewage with the method ‘and apparatus disclosed in Comparative Document 2 for the purpose of saving plant footprint, eliminating the establishment of specialized sewage treatment plants or increasing the treatment capacity of original sewage treatment plants. Comparative document | has disclosed that before performing the chemical stage treatment, large suspension, floaters are removed with coarse and medium grate entrapment, comparative Document 2 has also disclosed that in treating sewage in urban pipelines, the primary sedimentation treatment was performed first, whereby, on the basis of the disclosure of Comparative Document 1, in combination with the technical teaching given in Comparative Document 2, a person skilled in the art is motivated to try to perform the primary sedimentation treatment within the urban pipeline before the chemical reaction stage for the purpose of improving the flocculation efficiency, reducing the suspension and particulate impurities. For a specific settling stage, a 20-30 em depth of grit layer is laid in the dircetion of the bottom layer of urban pipes and the dirt inlet in order to trap sediment suspension and solid particulate impuritics as can be determined by conventional technical means for a person skilled in the art, also according fo the nature of urban sewage. Furthermore, in the technical implication of Comparative Document 2, the skilled person is motivated to try fo deliver floceulants and medicaments into urban pipelines during the chemical reaction phase. thus performing the flocculation treatment directly inside the pipelines obviating the dedicated provision of flocculation equipment. Comparative document 1 has disclosed that a precipitation treatment is performed after a flocculation reaction, in order to subject the sewage to a solid-liquid separation, increase wastewater biochemistry, accordingly, for the purpose of improving the efficiency of the solid- liquid separation, on the basis of the disclosure of Comparative Document 1, in combination with the technical 210803 2010.2“Pp The State Intellectual Property Office of People’s Republic of China implications given by Comparative Document 2, the secondary precipitation is followed by filtration in order to subject the sewage to precipitation treatment, removal of the filter residue, exclusion of the filtrate, followed by biological treatment of the filtrate, such that the precipitation stage, the chemical reaction stage, the secondary precipitation stage, the filtration stage and the biological reaction stage are carried out sequentially in the direction of water flow, as well as conventional means in the art. On the basis of Comparative Document 1. in combination with Comparative Document 2 and conventional techitical means in the art, it will thus be obvious to a person skilled in the art that the claimed subject matter has no outstanding material features and significant advancements, and that claim | has no inventive step as specified in the twenty-second third paragraph of patent lav 24 dependent claims 2-6 are devoid of the inventive step specified in Section 22nd, 3rd paragraph of the patent law claim 2 is further defined as defined in claim 1, however, Comparative Document I has disclosed that before performing the chemical sta treatment, large suspension, floaters are removed with coarse and medium grate cntrapment, comparative Document 2 has also disclosed that in treating sewage in urban pipelines, first performing a primary precipitation treatment, an initial precipitation stage pass filler screen, in order to remove some particulate suspended and the like impurities in the sewage, according to this, based on the disclosure of Comparative Document 1 in combination with the technical teaching given in Comparative Document 2, a person skilled in the art is tnotivated to try to install screen screens inside the municipal plumbing in the sedimentation phase in order to remove some particulate, suspended and the like impurities in the sewage. to sufficiently remove particulate impurities and suspensions in sewage, the purpose of increasing the efficacy of subsequent treatments and the biological treatment capacity, the composition of a suitable grit layer can be determined by conventional technical means by the person skilled in the art depending on the municipal sewage propertics, the subsequent treatment requirements, that is to say, a fine sand layer, a wood fiber layer, an activated carbon layer, a ceramic crushed slag layer are evenly distributed in the precipitation stage grit layer, as can be determined by conventional technical means for a person skilled in the art vs. document 1 already discloses that when performing 4 flocculation treatment, a floceulant of aluminum salt type can be dosed, and, in combination with ordinary skill in the art, ferric chloride, aluminium sulfate are all very common inorganic flocculants in the art, sodium sulphate and hydrochloric acid are also commonly used as regulators in the flocculation process, accordingly, making the agent in the chemical reaction stage consist of iron trichloride, sodium sulfate, concentrated hydrochloric acid, aluminum sulfate in parts by weight of 4: 2: 2: 1 is also 210803 2010.2“Pp The State Intellectual Property Office of People’s Republic of China determinable by conventional technical means for a person skilled in the art depending on the nature, content, and subsequent biochemical processing requirements of suspensions, particulate impurities, colloidal substances and the like in the wastewater. For the purpose of avoiding secondary contamination and at the same time decontamination, the filter residue is decomposed o calcined and recycled, which is a conventional technical means in the art comparative document 2 already discloses an anaerobic stage to wood fibrous filter material and or activated chalk stone and or activated coal, as sewage treatment filler, these fillers are capable of providing a vehicle for microbes to nest, reproduce and work, in the surface covering the biofilm, naturally forming states of anoxic and anacrobic, degradation of ammonia and other organic contaminants by microorganisms is favoured, whereby, based on the disclosure of Comparative Document 2, the filtrate is first passed through a solid packing and then flowed into ‘water grass pond for further treatment for the purpose of increasing the biological treatment efficiency of sewage, as also determined by conventional technical means for a person skilled in the art Thus, in case the claims to which they are cited are not inventive, neither is the dependent claims 2-6 the inventive step specified in the twenty-second third paragraph of the patent law 3, Statement for Applicants’ Opinion The Examiner seriously reads the applicant's statement of opinion and cannot be agreed upon by the Examiner for the reason that the applicants statement is ereative for the application as follows: Applicants believe that the present invention employs a gravel layer of 20-30 em depth laid in the direction of the bottom layer and the dirt inlet of urban pipes in the sedimentation phase in order to greatly reduce the solid, flocculated impurity content in sewage, neither Comp. Repassing through the chemical reaction stage such that a significant amount of impurities such as ionic metals form solids is to facilitate the secondary precipitation stage for removal, and no chemical treatment is mentioned in Comparative Document 2, nor relevant guidance is given: the final bioreaction phase, followed by fine microbe removal, results in lower process costs for the overall process, ‘which can be further exploited in the current construction of urban sewage pipes. however First, Comparative Document 1 has disclosed that before performing the chemical stage treatment large suspension, floaters are removed with coarse and medium grate entrapment, comparative Document 2 has also disclosed that in treating sewage in urban pipelines, first performing a primary precipitation treatment, it follows that, both Comparative Document 1 and Comparative Document 2 explicitly teach that in treating municipal sewage, it is first necessary to remove solid, suspended or colloidal impurities in the wastewater by filtration or precipitation, in order to facilitate the subsequent treatment, hereby. on the basis of the disclosure of Comparative Documents I and 2, 210803 2010.2“Pp The State Intellectual Property Office of People’s Republic of China ‘a gravel layer is employed in the sedimentation phase in order to achieve simultaneously sedimentation and filtration, thereby increasing the impurity removal rate in the waste water and the subsequent treatment efficiency, which is easily conceivable to a person skilled in the art. Secondly. Comparative Document 1 has disclosed that after removal of impuritics such as solids, suspensions and the like in wastewater, chemical treatment followed by precipitation enables 99% of heavy metals to be removed. it follows that Comparative Document 1 has disclosed that after a chemical reaction stage, a large amount of impurities such as ionic metals form solids, facilitating removal in the precipitation stage. Finally, Comp. In summary, Applicants’ opinion is not convincing, For the above reasons, neither the independent claims nor the dependent claims of this application are inventive, at the same time, nothing other patentable material is described in the specification, such that even if applicants recombine claims and/or further qualify according to what is described in the specification, the application does not qualify’ as patentable. The application will be dismissed if Applicant is unable to propose a sufficient reason to suggest that the application is inventive within the answering deadline specified in this not Name of the Examiner Examiner Code:502390 210803 2010.2