Appeal No. 1999-0406
Application 08/484,019
unpatentable over Friedheim ‘037.
We also shall not sustain the standing 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
rejection of claims 12, 26 and 42 as being unpatentable over
Friedheim ‘037. The subject matter recited in each of these
independent claims encompasses at least two vapor generators.
The examiner’s conclusion that it would have been obvious to
one of ordinary skill in the art “to provide and arrange
multiple vapor generators to produce a bigger volume of heated
vapors since multiple generators would produce more heated
vapors than a single vapor generator” (final rejection, page
4) finds no factual support in Friedheim ‘037.
We shall sustain, however, the standing 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) rejection of claims 3, 5, 17, 18, 32 and 33 as being
unpatentable over Friedheim ‘037.
Finding that Friedheim ‘037 meets all of the limitations
in claims 3, 5, 17, 18, 32 and 33 except for those setting
forth specific depths and widths of the holes, the examiner
has concluded that it would have been obvious to one of
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