Appeal No. 96-0661
Application 08/189,833
amended subsequent to the final rejection in a paper filed
November 15, 1994 (Paper No. 9). Claims 2, 3, 6, 7, 19 and 20
have been canceled.
Appellant's invention relates to a heating apparatus
utilizing microwaves to heat a heating element which is
capable of absorbing the microwaves and thus being heated to a
high temperature, i.e., to an operating temperature in the
range of about 30ºC to about 2,000ºC. Claim 1 is
representative of subject matter on appeal and reads as
follows:
1. A heating apparatus utilizing microwaves comprising:
(a) a heating element for heating a fluid passing
therethrough, mainly made of carbon powder, alumina powder and
silicon carbide powder in proportions preselected to provide
an operating temperature in the range of about 30EC to about
2,000EC, and sintered in a honeycomb structure, (b) a
microwave generator irradiating microwaves to said heating
element and (c) an air blower blowing air to the said heating
element.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
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