Appeal No. 1998-1296
Application 08/199,304
and 25 had been allowed. However, the examiner subsequently
withdrew one of the rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103 and 1
indicated that claims 3, 4, 12, 14, 17, 20, 21, 24 and 27
contained allowable subject matter (Answer, page 2). As a
result, only claims 1, 2, 13, 15, 16, 19, 22, 23, 26 and 28
remain before us on appeal.
The claims on appeal are directed to an apparatus for the
initiation of a propellant (claims 1, 2, 13, 15, 16 and 19)
and a method for the initiation of a propellant (claims 22,
23, 26 and 28). These claims have been reproduced in an
appendix to the Brief.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Christianson 3,601,054 Aug. 24,
1971
Microwave Resonant Absorption of Potential Exothermic
Compounds, Final Report (General Dynamics) Dec.
22, 1989
1The rejection of claims 1-4, 12-15 and 22 as being
unpatentable over Tahara in view of General Dynamics.
2
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