Appeal No. 95-4237
Application 07/887,002
(d) claims 1-5 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Lurz; and
(e) claims 1-6 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Clites in view of Lurz.
The rejections are explained on pages 3-7 of the answer.
The opposing viewpoints of appellants are set forth on
pages 5-11 of the brief.
The § 102 rejections based on Anxionnaz, Miller or Eknes
(rejections (a), (b) and (c))
We will not sustain any of these rejections.
Claim 1, the sole independent claim on appeal, calls for
a porous outer skin separated from a solid inner surface by a
plenum “such that fluid from a high pressure area on the
surface of the member enters the plenum through the porous
outer skin and exits the plenum through the porous outer skin
into a low pressure area on the surface of the member.” Claim
1 further calls for a transpirational control device “for
controlling flow through the porous outer skin by regulating
the conditions in the plenum such that the pressure load on
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