Appeal 2007-0102
Application 10/338,988
radiator sheet, wherein the projections have a first length along the
respective edge and a second length in a vertical direction, and wherein the
first length of the projections is approximately equal to the length of the
lamella element and wherein the first length is a multiple of the second
length,
wherein said projections are adapted to be folded by at least 90°
when attaching said lamella element until they are pressed laterally to said
lamella element, and
wherein each of said projections comprise [sic, comprises] a
notch along an edge of the respective projection for facilitating the bending
process.
3. The radiator element as claimed in claim 2 [sic, claim 1], wherein the
first length of the projections is equal to the respective edge length.
16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the step of putting said at
least one lamella element onto said radiator sheet comprises:
forming a slightly opened U-sheet by folding the projections;
and
inserting said at least one lamella element into the U-like sheet.
The references set forth below are relied upon by the Examiner as
evidence of obviousness:
Uchida JP 54-014360 Feb. 2, 1979
Jackson GB 2,197,810 A Jun. 2, 1988
Kawate US 5,471,034 Nov. 28, 1995
All of the claims on appeal are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Kawate in view of Jackson or Uchida. It is the
Examiner’s position that Kawate fails to disclose a notch along the edge of
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