Appeal No. 1996-3167 Page 3
Application No. 07/974,834
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a fuel assembly, and
more particularly to a fuel assembly which can be used in a
boiling-water reactor to save the consumption of nuclear fuel
substances (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under
appeal appears in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
United States Patents
Roberts 3,380,649 Apr. 30,
1968
Kumpf 3,528,885 Sep. 15,
1970
Townsend 3,621,926 Nov. 23,
1971
Takeda et al. 4,229,258 Oct. 21,
1980
(Takeda)
Mochida et al. 4,587,090 May
6, 1986
(Mochida)
Patterson et al. 4,708,846 Nov. 24,
1987
(Patterson)
Japan Patent Documents
43-26675 Nov. 15, 1968
52-50498 Apr. 22, 1977
55-22118 Feb. 16, 1980
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