The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 18
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte LENNY LOW and JOHN LUONG
Appeal No. 2004-0536
Application No. 09/823,072
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, WALTZ and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-6.
Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. Apparatus comprising:
a spacecraft having a body and north, south, east and west
facing body panels;
one or more heat pipes disposed on each of the east and west
facing body panels;
heat dissipating equipment selectively mounted on the heat
pipes on the east and west facing panels; and
one or more coupling heat pipes that thermally interconnect
the heat pipes on the east and west facing body panels together.
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