Appeal No. 98-0806
Application No. 08/693,588
DECISION ON APPEAL
Dennis R. Salazar (the appellant) appeals from the final
rejection of claims 1-4, 6-9, 11-16, 18-21, 23 and 24, the
only claims remaining in the application.
We AFFIRM-IN-PART.
The appellant's invention pertains to a method and
apparatus for protecting a pipeline against damage resulting
from excessive internal pressures (e.g., the pressures created
by the freezing of an aqueous fluid within the pipeline).
Independent claims 1 and 7 are further illustrative of the
appealed subject matter and a copy thereof may be found in the
appendix to the brief.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
McMichael 2,029,630 Feb.
4, 1936
Fritzberg 2,599,325 Jun.
3, 1952
Bellows 4,440,154 Apr. 3,
1984
Claims 1-4, 7-9 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Fritzberg in view of
Bellows.
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