Appeal No. 95-0916
Application 07/803,530
the recesses in which the neutralizing packages 21 are
contained is singled out as the plenum, we must point out that
Jorgensen, while teaching that this plenum lies between the
baffle enclosure 12’ and the propellant container 5’, also
teaches that this plenum should be located at the same radial
disposition as the cooling screen 13’ (i.e., that the cooling
screen should also be located between baffle enclosure 12’ and
the propellant container 5’). On the other hand, as we have
noted above, independent claims 1 and 6 each expressly require
that the cooling screen be disposed between the baffle
enclosure and the generator housing. There is simply nothing
in the combined teachings of Goetz and Jorgensen which would
either teach or fairly suggest the particular arrangement of a
plenum and a cooling screen in a gas generator as defined by
independent claims 1 and 6.
We have carefully reviewed the teachings of Cunningham but
find nothing therein which would overcome the above-noted
deficiencies of Goetz and Jorgensen.
The examiner’s rejections of claims 1-6 under 35 U.S.C. §
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