Appeal No. 97-2414
Application 08/417,303
examiner has taken the position that Chao-Fan Chu discloses
the invention as claimed except that it does not disclose a
porous metallic matrix filling the fluid passageways therein.
The examiner goes on to indicate that
Valyi teaches a porous metal matrix 177 filling a
fluid passage in a cold plate (col. 1, line 55). It
would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill
in the art at the time the invention was made to
substitute the passages of Chao-Fan Chu et al. for
the metal matrix of Valyi in order to have an equal
flow rate through the fluid passage (cot. [sic,
col.] 1, lines 45-48).
Claims 2, 5, 9, 14 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Chao-Fan Chu in view of
Valyi as applied above, and further in view of Suzumura.
Claims 3, 6, 11 and 16 also stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Chao-Fan Chu in view
of Valyi as applied above, and further in view of Suzumura.
Claims 10 and 15 also stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Chao-Fan Chu in view of Valyi.
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
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