Appeal No. 99-0209
Application No. 08/643,048
rejection resulted in the cancellation of claims 7 and 15 and
the addition of claim 20, as well as changes to claims 1, 4,
5, 9, 12 and 13. Notwithstanding the amendments, the examiner
maintained a rejection of all of the surviving claims.
Therefore, before us on appeal are claims 1-5, 8-13, 16 and
20.
The appellant's invention is directed to a premixing low
NOx fuel emissions combustor with lean direct injection (LDI)
of gas fuel. The claims on appeal have been reproduced in an
appendix to the Appeal Brief.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Bayer 2,944,388 Jul. 12,
1960
Amos 5,394,688 Mar.
7, 1995
THE REJECTION
Claims 1-5, 8-13, 16 and 20 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
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