Appeal No. 2006-0378 9
Application No. 10/052,703
Claim 20 is an independent claim directed to an apparatus
including a shower head. The shower head includes a cooling
system arranged in a lower plate. The cooling system comprises a
plurality of coolant inlets, a plurality of coolant outlets, and
a plurality of independent inner cooling lines for connecting the
inlets and outlets. This claim also requires the presence of a
separating device.
Because this claim requires that the cooling system arranged
in the lower plate of the shower head has a plurality of inlets,
outlets, and independent passageways, we agree with Appellants
that, for the reasons discussed with respect to claim 1, Chen
fails to teach the cooling structure. The Examiner does not rely
upon Sato to meet this aspect of the claim.
Therefore, we conclude that the Examiner has failed to
establish a prima facie case of obviousness with respect to claim
20 and claims 21-37 dependent thereon.
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the decision of the Examiner to reject claims
1-9, 12, 14, 15, and 19 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) and claims 10,
11, 13, 16-18, and 20-37 under 35 U.S.C.
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