Appeal No. 2004-1312 Page 2
Application No. 08/710,554
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a contact element for providing heat transfer
from a heat transfer medium to a ceiling. A copy of the dependent claims under appeal
is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief. Claim 57, the only independent claim
on appeal, reads as follows:
A contact element for providing heat transfer from a heat transfer medium
to a ceiling, said contact element comprising:
at least one guide for holding in heat-conducting contact a conduit through
which a heat transfer medium flows; and
a contact panel in heat-conducting connection with the at least one guide
and having at least one contact surface, wherein the contact surface has a width
to define lateral edges and includes at least one flat adhesive depression
containing an adhesive means to provide an adhesive surface substantially flush
with the contact surface, wherein the adhesive surface is spaced away from the
lateral edges of the contact surface.
The rejections under appeal are as follows:
1. Claims 57 to 60, 62 and 64 to 69 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated
by or, in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over JP 56-160597 to
Maeda.
2. Claims 57 to 60, 62 and 64 to 69 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over US 2,625,378 to Nason in view of JP 5-138654 to Doi et al. (Doi).
3. Claim 63 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Nason in view of Doi
and GB 2 036 840 A to Yeomans.
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