Appeal No. 97-2225
Application 08/445,912
Before FRANKFORT, NASE and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent
Judges.
FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 23 through 39, which are all of the claims
remaining in this application. Claims 1 through 22 have been
canceled.
Appellants' invention relates to a cooking fuel wick
to be used in a cooking fuel container and burner like that
typically used for providing heat to chafing dishes or buffet
servers. Of particular significance to appellants is the fact
that this wick comprises a pile fabric having a cut or loop pile
that wicks fuel to the upper ends of each pile, and the fact that
the raised pile extends upwardly a distance of about 1mm to 10mm.
Claim 31, the sole independent claim on appeal, is representative
of the subject matter on appeal and reads as follows:
31. A cooking fuel wick for use in a cooling [sic,
cooking] fuel container and burner comprising a pile fabric
having a pile fabric burning surface portion and a fuel feed
portion to deliver fuel to the burning surface portion, said pile
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