Appeal No. 95-4852
Application 08/224,090
first means in the housing for dispensing the insulation
material and conveying the insulation material in one direction
in the housing toward the exit opening; and
second means in the housing located above the first means
for dispensing the insulation material and conveying the
insulation material in a direction opposite to said one direction
in the housing.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
anticipation and obviousness are:
Morris 1,413,345 Apr. 18, 1922
Woten 3,529,870 Sept. 22, 1970
The claims on appeal stand rejected as follows:
a) claims 20 and 22 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Woten; and
b) claim 21 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Woten in view of Morris.3
Reference is made to the appellant’s brief (Paper No. 13)
and to the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 14) for the respective
positions of the appellant and the examiner with regard to the
propriety of these rejections.
3The examiner has withdrawn the 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, rejection of claims 20 through 22 which was set forth
in the final rejection (see the advisory action dated July 1,
1994, Paper No. 11)
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