Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA. In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status. DETAILED NON-FINAL ACTION This is the initial Office Action (OA), on the merits, based on the 13/ 509 , 198 application filed on November 1 4 , 202 3 . Claims 1- 44 are pending and have been fully considered. The examined claims are directed to a method. Claim Objections Claim s 9 -18 and 27-34 are objected to because of the following informalit ies : Claim 9 recites “ wherein the anaerobic migrating blanket reactor structure has at least a first reactor vessel including the first reactor chamber, a second reactor vessel including the second reactor chamber and a third reactor vessel comprising the third reactor chamber. ” It appears that ‘including’ and ‘comprising’ has the same meaning in the context of this claim. If so, Examiner suggests the use of consistent terminology to reduce ambiguity and the possibility of alternate interpretations. Also, Examiner suggests the placement of a comma after “the second reactor chamber” to improve clarity. Claim 10 recites: The method according to claim 9, wherein each of the first reactor vessel and the third reactor vessel are in fluid communication with the second reactor vessel and the method further comprises providing bidirectional, generally transverse flow through the first, the second and the third reactor vessels. Except for the first comma, the commas appear to be misplaced, which can affect claim clarity. Examiner suggests the following: The method according to claim 9, wherein each of the first reactor vessel and the third reactor vessel are in fluid communication with the second reactor vessel , and the method further comprises providing bidirectional generally transverse flow through the first, the second, and the third reactor vessels. Claim 11 , and potentially other claims, ha ve the same punctuation issues. Claims 27-34 recite percentage ranges in a non-conventional format that start with the higher number in the range. To avoid confusion, Examiner suggests using the convention al format, i.e .: “ [lower boundary] to [upper boundary] ,” unless there is a good reason for the original language structure. Claim 12-18 ultimately depend on claim 11. Appropriate correction is required. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112 The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b): (b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention. The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph: The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention. Claims 1 -44 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor, or for pre-AIA the applicant regards as the invention. Claim 1 follow s , with the underlined portions either causing or intended to assist in an understanding of the indefiniteness rejection. Claim 1. A method of treating wastewater comprising soluble chemical oxygen demand and particulate chemical oxygen demand, comprising (a ) providing an anaerobic migrating blanket reactor apparatus having a structure that has at least one inlet for wastewater influent in a lower portion thereof, at least one biogas outlet in an upper portion thereof, at least one sludge drain, and at least one outlet for removal of effluent, wherein the structure of the anaerobic migrating blanket reactor defines at least three reaction chambers comprising a first reaction chamber, a second reaction chamber and a third reaction chamber, and wherein the at least three reaction chambers are configured to permit bidirectional, generally transverse flow, in a first direction and a second direction, through the at least three reaction chambers; (b) introducing wastewater influent into the at least one inlet so as to enter the first reactor chamber of the anaerobic migrating blanket reactor and flowing the wastewater in a first direction through the first reactor chamber, the second reactor chamber, the third reactor chamber and through the at least one an effluent outlet for a first period of time; (c) introducing the wastewater influent into the at least one inlet so as to enter the second reactor chamber of the anaerobic migrating blanket reactor and flowing the wastewater in the first direction through the second reactor, the third reactor and through the at least one effluent outlet for a second period of time; (d) introducing the wastewater influent into the at least one inlet so as to enter the third reactor chamber of the anaerobic migrating blanket reactor and flowing the wastewater in a second direction through the third reactor chamber, the second reactor chamber, the first reactor chamber and the at least one effluent outlet for a third period of time; and (e) introducing the wastewater influent into the at least one inlet so as to enter the second reactor chamber and flowing the wastewater in the second direction through the second reactor, the first reactor and the effluent outlet for a fourth period of time, wherein a mass load of the particulate chemical oxygen demand to the second reactor chamber (i) in the first direction of flow during the first and the second periods of time while the third reactor chamber acts as a clarifying chamber, and (ii) in the second direction of flow while the first reactor chamber acts as a clarifying chamber during the third and the fourth periods of time, allows for substantially complete digestion of biodegradable loads of the particulate chemical oxygen demand and the soluble chemical oxygen demand . Claim 1 recites the limitations " the at least one effluent outlet ," “ the at least one an effluent outlet ,” and “ the effluent outlet .” There is insufficient antecedent basis for these limitations in the claim. In claim 19, “ the at least one effluent outlet ” also lacks antecedent basis. Claims 27, 30 and 33 recite: “. . . about 75 percent to greater than 25 percent of . . .” In addition to the unconventional formatting that starts with the upper value, the boundaries of this range, in particular the lower boundary, are unclear. Is the range about 25 percent to about 75 percent, or can it be any number greater than 25 percent (such as 74 percent) to 75 percent? Claims 2-44 depend on claim 1. The meaning of every term or phrase used in a claim should be apparent from the prior art or from the specification and drawings at the time the application is filed. See MPEP § 2173.05(a). According to MPEP §2173, "The primary purpose of this requirement of definiteness of claim language is to ensure that the scope of the claims is clear so the public is informed of the boundaries of what constitutes infringement of the patent . . . If the language of a claim is such that a person of ordinary skill in the art could not interpret the metes and bounds of the claim so as to understand how to avoid infringement, a rejection of the claim under 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph, would be appropriate. See Morton Int 'l, Inc. v. Cardinal Chem. Co., 5 F.3d 1464, 1470, 28 USPQ2d 1190, 1195 (Fed. Cir. 1993). See MPEP §2173.02 . Conclusion The following prior art and/or evidentiary references are made of record. Although they are not relied upon, Examiner views them as pertinent to Applicant's disclosure. Nam et al. ( US2004/0045900 ) discloses an apparatus for treating wastewater comprising aerobic microbes and an upflow anaerobic reactor in which the wastewater includ es various substances such as non-degradable and toxic materials and organic substances could be decomposed biologically , wherein an a naerobic bio-reaction effect could be maximized by maintaining uniformity of inflowing wastewater and recycle sludge , or by deferring the heights of inlets (Abstract, Fig. 1a) . Jossie et al . ( US20130319940 ) discloses a wastewater treatment system where feed water is processed by anaerobic digestion, preferably in an anaerobic moving bed bioreactor ( AnMBBR ) and e ffluent from the AnMBBR passes through one or more solid-liquid separation units (Abstract, Fig. 1 -3 ) . Influent, initially high in soluble COD, is treated anaerobically in a primary treatment stream and produces biogas ([0011]) . Gapes et al . ( US20150050707 ) discloses a process for the treatment of biomass comprising subjecting biomass to microbial digestion to produce volatile fatty acids and/or solvents followed by wet oxidation to reduce biosolid volume while retaining or increasing the concentration of the volatile fatty acids and/or solvents (Abstract, Fig. 1) . Tested water quality parameters include s oluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD) and particulate chemical oxygen demand (PCOD) ([0194]). Marx et al . ( US20170129794 ) discloses a method of operating a waste water treatment facility to prevent bulking in which growth of floc forming bacteria is promoted within a selector aeration tank by controlling absorption and bio-oxidation of biodegradable soluble chemical oxygen demand by the bacteria (Abstract , Fig. ) . Absorption is controlled through measurement of a percentage removal of biodegradable soluble chemical oxygen demand and bio-oxidation is controlled through measurement of temperature corrected specific oxygen uptake rate ( Id .) . Apparatus 1 contains a selector aeration tank 14 from which an effluent thereof is fed as a stream 16 to a main aeration tank 18. As known in the art, selector aeration tank 14 can be several of such tanks and both the selector aeration tank 14 and the main aeration tank 18 could be portions of the same tank separated from one another by baffles. The purpose of the selector aeration tank 14 is to create conditions for the consumption of the biological, soluble chemical oxygen demand contained in the influent stream 10 ([0017]-[002 3 ]) . Examiner did not apply prior art at this time. 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