Appeal No. 95-0916
Application 07/803,530
The following rejections are applicable to the claims on
appeal:3
Claims 1, 2 and 4-6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Goetz in view of Jorgensen.
Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Goetz in view of Jorgensen and Cunningham.
Each of the above-noted rejections is based on the
examiner’s view that:
The Goetz patent teaches a gas generator
comprising a propellant container (40) having a
plurality of apertures (42) therein; a propellant (16)
in the propellant container; a baffle enclosure or
filter layers (44, 52, 54, 50, 56 & 46) disposed about
the propellant container; and a generator housing (12)
disposed about the baffle enclosure wherein a final
coolant screen or filter (48) is provided adjacent the
generator housing. The Goetz ’211 patent fails to
disclose a baffle enclosure in spaced relation to the
propellant container so as to define a plenum.
The Jorgensen et al patent teaches a gas generator
comprising a baffle enclosure or filter layers (11 &
13’) disposed about a propellant (10) and the use of a
plenum(s) (ie., areas containing packages 21 as well
as 4’, See Figs. 6 & 7). Jorgensen et al disclose
fitting all the components inside the gas generator
3The supplemental answer dated November 9, 1993 (Paper
No. 15) states that “all 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph
rejections are hereby withdrawn.”
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