Appeal No. 2000-1298
Application 08/938,779
Appellants’ invention is directed to a baffle preform for
use in the manufacture of a heat exchanger with a baffled,
tubular header. Independent claim 10 is representative of the
subject matter on appeal and a copy of that claim may be found
in the Appendix to appellants’ brief.
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
Knocke 3,269,582 Aug. 30,
1966
Gire 5,450,667 Sept. 19,
1995
Claims 10 through 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over the combined teachings of Knocke
and Gire.
Rather than attempt to reiterate the examiner's full
commentary with regard to the above-noted rejection and the
conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellants
regarding the rejection, we make reference to the examiner's
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