Appeal No. 96-3062
Application 08/239,029
allowed, and claims 24 through 26 indicated as containing
allowable subject matter. Subsequently, the appellant canceled
claims 21 through 26. Claims 34 through 38 therefore remain
before us on appeal.
The appellant's invention is directed to a superventuri
power source. The subject matter before us on appeal is
illustrated by reference to claim 34, which appears in an
appendix to the appellant’s Appeal Brief.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
French patent (Jourdain) 2 516,675 Sep. 5, 1923
French patent (Bloch) 2 891,697 Mar. 15, 1944
Bailey, F. G. (Bailey), “Turbine,” McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of
Science and Technology, vol. 18, New York (1992), p. 618.
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 34 and 35 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Bloch in view of Jourdain.
2Our understanding of this reference was obtained from a
PTO translation into English, a copy of which is attached to this
decision.
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