Appeal No. 97-2414
Application 08/417,303
anticipated by Valyi. On page 3 of the examiner’s answer, the
examiner explains this new ground of rejection thusly:
Valyi discloses a cold plate comprising a plurality
of fluid passages 175 (col. 6, lines 3-13) having a
common cooling fluid inlet region 179 and a common
cooling fluid outlet region 178 and a metallic
porous matrix 177 filling each of the fluid passages
between the fluid inlet region and the fluid outlet
region to maintain a uniform pressure differential
(col. 1, lines 48+) across each of the passages.
On page 2 of Paper No. 11 (Response to the Reply Brief), the
examiner has taken the somewhat inconsistent position that
In response to whether it is clear that Valyi
discloses fluid passages having a common inlet and
outlet, it is the examiners position that the
reference clearly discloses passages 175 and a
common inlet 178 and a common outlet 179.
In response to the passages being filled, it is
the examiners position that the Valyi reference
discloses the passages being filled with the porous
material, since the fluid must enter the porous
metal matrix for the device of Valyi to be operable,
and it can only enter the porous metal matrix if the
passages are in fluid communication with the porus
metal matrix.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement of
the above-noted rejections and the conflicting viewpoints
advanced by the examiner and appellants regarding those
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 9, mailed December 4, 1996) and the “Response to Reply
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