Appeal No. 97-2225
Application 08/445,912
fabric having a cut or loop pile that wicks fuel to the upper
ends of said pile, said pile extending upwardly a distance of
about 1mm to 10mm, said fuel feed portion comprising at least one
feed segment adapted to extend into said fuel container whereby
during a burning fuel is delivered to said pile fabric to produce
heat during a period of fuel ignition.
The single prior art reference relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
de la Rosa 4,604,053 Aug. 5, 1986
Claims 23 through 39 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over de la Rosa.
Rather than reiterate the examiner's full statement
of the above-noted rejection and the conflicting viewpoints
advanced by the examiner and appellants regarding the rejection,
we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 17, mailed
January 16, 1997) for the examiner's complete reasoning in sup-
port of the rejection, and to appellants' brief (Paper No. 16,
filed November 19, 1996) for appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
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