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Application No. or Publication No.:201811181195.9 Issue No.s
Applicant or Patentee: Guangzhou Ring Dosing Research Institute, Inc.
Title of Invention: ‘Smoke Washwater Treatment Technology
First Office Action
1,Billpon the request of substantive examination of the applicant, in accordance with Article
35.1 of the Patent Lav, the State Intellectual Property Office per‘
examination for the aforesaid application for a patent for invention.
Gln accordance with Article 35.2 of the Patent Law, the State Intellectual Property Office
proceeds to examine the aforesaid application for a patent for invention as to its substance
rms the substantive
on its own initiative.
2. OThe applicant requests on the basis of:
Othe applicant has submitted the copy of previous application documents for the first
filed, which has been verified by the original receiving organization.
Othe applicant has not submitted the copy of previous application documents for the first
filed, which has been verified by the original receiving organization, In accordance with
Article 30 of the Patent Law, the claim to the right of priority shall be deemed not to have
been made.
3. QQUpon examination, the amenduent submitted by the applicant on___,shall not be accepted
for not in conformity with Rule 51.1 of the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law.
4. Application files for examination
Boriginal application documents. Documents submitted on the date of submission of
divisional application. OFollowing application documents:
5. fhe decision of this Office Action has been made without sear
BEhe decision of this Office Action has been made based on search.
®he following reference documents are cited in this Office Action (the serial number(s) of
which will be used in follow-on examination) =
Xo, | Pocument nunber or Document publication date
sith tannlication date of the conflict
1 ¢N 2051519661) 20160413
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3 CN 1014020064 20090408
6. Conclusive opinions of the examination:
About the description:
ithe application falls into the scope of subject matter vhich is nonpatentable according
to Article 5 of the Patent Law,
the deseription fails to comply with the pro
Othe description fails to comply with the provisions of Article 33 of the Patent Lav.
sions of article 26.3 of the Patent Law.
Othe drafting of the description fails to comply with Rule 17 of the Implementing
Regulations of the Patent Law,
o
About the claims
Othe claim(s) fail(s) to comply with the provisions of Article 2.2 of the Patent
Law,
Othe 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 Lax.
Othe claims) fail(s) to comply with the inventive steps requested by Article
22.3 of the Patent Law.
Othe claim(s) fail(s) to comply with the applicability requested by Article 22.4
of the Patent Lax,
Othe claims) fall(s) into the scope of subject matter which is nonpatentable
according to Article 25 of the Patent Law.
BAhe claim(s)_1-8 fail(s) to comply with the provisions of Article 26,
Law.
of the Patent
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
Implement ing Regulations of the Patent Law
Othe claims) fail(s) to comply with the provisions of Rule 21 of the
Implementing 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.
a
Che application fails to comply with the provisions of Article 26.5 of the Patent Law or
Rule 26 of its Implementing Regulations.
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
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Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law.
‘The detailed analyses of the above conclusive opinions refer to the text of this Office
Action,
the basis of the conclusive opinions, the examiner suggests:
the applicant should amend the application documents according to the text of this Office
Action,
the 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
Office Action, otherwise the patent application should not be granted.
Bilhe 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.
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8. The applicant should pay attention to the followings statements:
(1) In accordance with Article 37 of the Patent Law, the applicant should submit the
written opinion within four 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 amendment 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 be 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.
9.The text of this Office Action has2 pages, and the attachments are as follons
Bllhe total number of copies of the reference documents cited is3copies and 19 pages,
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The First Office Action
Application Number :2018111811
is reviewed, and the following review is now presented:
cone, Claims 1-8 Novel in accordance with Clause 26 of Patent law, Section 4
The subject titles of claims 1-8 each refer to "a soot wash wastewater treatment technology”, which does not
clearly indicate whether the type of claim is a method claim or a product claim, resulting in the claims being unclear
and not complying with the provisions of Article 26 of Patent law, Article 4. Applicants shall make modifications,
‘ovo, assuming Applicant modifies the subject matter name: "A soot wash wastewater treatment system", claims
1-3 do not meet the provisions under Article 22, Article 2 of the Patent lav, and claims 4-8 do not meet the
provisions under Article 22, Article 3 of the Patent law
1, claim 1 claiming a soot wash wastewater treatment system, comparative document 1 (CN205151966U)
discloses a soot wash wastewater reeycling treatment system: see figure 1 comprising a cooler 1. a conditioning tank
2, a reaction tank, a settling tank, a neutralization tank 5, a filtration device 6, a fresh tank 7, an ultrafiltration devi
8, a reverse osmosis device 9 connected in sequence: the settling pond may be connected back to the conditioning
pond 2 via a sludge thickening pond 11, which is also connected to a sludge dewater 12, which is connected back to
the conditioning pond 2. The filtration apparatus, ultrafiltration apparatus 8 and reverse osmosis apparatus 9
respectively loop back into the conditioning basin 2; the fresh tank 7 is further piped in connection with a filtration
device, respectively an ultrafiltration device 8, forming a backwash line. The reverse osmosis device tail is also
provided back to the use tank 10 (ie., the use back system) (see paragraph [0016] of the specification and FIG. 1). In
connection with Figure 1, the cooler, the conditioning basin and the pump between the conditioning basin and the
first reaction basin of Figure | constitute a cooling system, the reaction basin and the settling basin constitute a mixed
settling reaction system, the neutralization basin, the filtration means, the fresh water tank, the ultrafiltration means
and the reverse osmosis means constitute a charging system, the sludge pump, the sludge concentration basin, the
sludge dewater constitute a sludge treatment system.
It follows that comparative document 1 already discloses all the technical features of claim 1 and that the
technical solution disclosed by comparative document 1 belongs to the same technical field as the technical solution
claimed by claim 1, solves the same technical problems with the same technical means and produces the same
technical effects. Accordingly, Claim 1 has no novelty as specified in clause 22, clause 2 of the patent lav
2, respectively, claims 2-3 as further defined in claim I, As can be seen from Figure 1 of Comparative
Document 1, the water pump of the cooling system is connected to the conditioning basin and the first reaction basin.
Paragraph [0017] of the specification of Comparative Document 1 also discloses that the reaction cell comprises a
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first reaction cell and a second reaction cell and the settling cell comprises a first settling cell and a second settling
cell, Thus, fo the extent that the claims to which they are cited do not have novelty, either claim 2 or 3 has novelty as
set forth in clause 22 of the patent law, clause 2.
3. As for claim 4, itis well known in the art that mechani
lly stirred reaction cells are typically provided with
3-4 agitators per cel in a mixing apparatus, separated by partitions between the agitators to prevent short circuits (see
evidence of common general knowledge 1-Comp. 2: Eco Foundation, Liu et al.. Medium Mine University Press,
page 75, 20130131). That is, common general knowledge evidence discloses that a reaction cell is provided with 4
sequentially connected spaces inside, and that a reaction cell provided with 2 connected spaces is also a routine
choice made by a person skilled in the art according to processing needs, With respect to claims 5-6, as can be seen
from Figure 1 of Comparative Document 1. the sludge thickening basin is in communication with a sludge pump
between the first and second clarifier basins, and the sludge dewater is used to carry out the cake afer treatment. Two
clarifier sets up 2 drain pumps, sludge basins and supply pumps, and sludge yards are all equipment in the
configuration of sludge handling systems conventional in the art, and those skilled in the art will readily select
settings based on sludge handling needs. It is also conventional in the art for 2 drain pumps to connect two settling
tanks with sludge thickening tanks, respectively. For claim 7. the solution claimed in claim 7 is distinguished by the
fact that the medication system of claim 7 further comprises a filtered raw water basin after the neutralization basin,
‘an ultrasonic filter before the reverse osmosis filter, a backwash pump between the quartz sand filter and the
activated carbon filter, and a blower connected to the quartz sand filter: comparative document 1 does not disclose
some of the above features and the reverse osmosis filter is preceded by an ultrafiltration device and is also provided
‘with a fresh tank and an ultrafiltration production tank. The technical effect that can be achieved on the basis of the
above distinguishing features can be determined that the technical problem actually solved by Claim I with respect to
Comparative Document 1 is to improve the process of deep treatment of soot washing waste water. As regards the
distinguishing features described above, it is easy for a person skilled in the art to sclect the filtration raw basin and
the absence of fresh and ultrafiltration production tanks depending on the amount of water treated by the different
devices, with the resulting technical effects being expected. Figure | of Comparative Document | discloses that both
the quartz sand filter and the activated carbon filter have backwash lines, the provision of a backwash pump in
between is also a conventional arrangement of backwash equipment in a backwash process. One skilled in the art
would readily envision providing a fan for improved accommodation of few filters. As regards ultrasonic filters
Comparative Document 3 (CN101402006A) discloses an ultrasonic filter capable of enhancing water quality
treatment and efficiently removing debris such as suspended matter, bacteria, water algae, scale rust and the like in
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water, which can be used in rural feed water, domestic water, industrial process water, boiler system water and
swimming pool water (see page 1, paragraphs 2-3 of the specification). And its role in Comparative Document 2 is
the same as its role in the present application to solve its technical problem. all for improving the water quality
treatment effect, that is to say that Comp Document 2 gives the implication of using the technical features described
above for this Comp Document 1 to solve the technical problem thereof, replacing the ultrafiltration device in Comp
Document 1 with an ultrasonic filer when necessary, depending on the treatment needs and the actual treatment
effect, easily by a person skilled in the art. Thus, on the basis of Comparative Document |. it is obvious to a person
skilled in the art to combine Comparative Document 3 with the above-mentioned conventional options in order to
obtain the solution claimed in Claim 7. For claim 8, Figure 1 of Comparative Document 1 discloses that the
neutralization basin of the charging system is connected to the second settling basin of the coagulated precipitation
reaction system, and the reverse osmosis filter of the charging system is connected to the return water tank
Accordingly, to the extent that a claim to which it is dependent is not novel or inventive, neither is claims 4-8
inventive as specified in clause 22, clause 3 of the patent lav
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