Appeal No. 1998-1052
Application No. 08/683,600
reflector plate intermediate the air distribution manifold and
the heat lamp assembly having air flow apertures oriented for
directing jets of pressurized air through the heat lamp
assembly, as required by the last paragraph of base claim 1.
Accordingly, even if we were to agree with the examiner’s
position regarding the proposed modification of Anderson in
view of Bubley, the subject matter of claim 5 would not
result. It follows that the standing § 103 rejection of claim
5, and claim 6 that depends therefrom, is not sustainable.
Independent claim 18 is directed to a dryer comprising a
dryer head defining an air distribution manifold having an
inlet port and discharge port means, a radiant heat lamp
assembly comprising multiple heat lamps, and a support plate
facing the radiant heat lamps for guiding a freshly processed
substrate as it travels beneath the heat lamp assembly. In
rejecting this claim as being unpatentable over Anderson in
view of Bubley, the examiner observes (answer, page 5) that
“the top surface 82 of the extractor head of Bubley et al.
acts as a support for the substrate” and that “the vacuum
chamber [of Bubley] holds [articles] on the belt.” The
examiner then concludes (answer, page 5) that it would have
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