Appeal No. 98-3287
Reissue Application 08/354,624
final rejection of claims 1 through 23 in this reissue
application of Patent No. 5,094,224. These claims constitute
all of the claims pending in this application.
Appellant's invention relates to a heat exchanger tube
for a furnace. An understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1, 7 and 19 which
have been reproduced in the "Appendix" to appellant's Brief
(Paper No. 16).2
THE REFERENCES
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Tomlinson 4,739,746 Apr.
26, 1988
Thomae 3,413,999 Nov. 07,
1985 (German Patent)3
THE REJECTIONS
The following rejections are before us for review:
We note the following error in claim 19 as reproduced in the2
"Appendix": line 13, --of-- should be inserted after "each."
Our consideration of this reference is based on an English translation3
thereof, a copy of which is provided to appellant with this decision.
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