International Battery Metals Ltd (IBATF)

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“ Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments filed 08/30/2021 have been fully considered and are persuasive. The
extraction system of claim 1 with the limitation wherein the at least one tank is sized such that the at
least one tank maintains a substantially constant pressure within the at least one tank, and wherein the
at least one tank is sized such that the at least one tank creates a substantially sharp concentration
profile between the oil field brine input stream and the dilute stream that is presented to the sorbent
material and travelsalong the length of the at least one tank appears to be free from the prior art.”


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Claims 1-7 are provisionally rejected on the grounds of nonstatutory double patenting as
being unpatentable over claims 1-2, and 4-11 ofcopendin: ApplicationNo. 16/171109.
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