Appeal No. 1999-0422 Page 2
Application No. 08/628,805
indicated as allowable by the examiner (advisory action, Paper
No. 12) and are not involved in this appeal.2
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a heat exchanger for
cooling semi-conductor components comprising a base section
and cooling fins attached to and projecting from the base
section. Each fin has a wavy profile in the region where it
joins the base section. An understanding of the invention can
be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 9, which appears
in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Hess 5,014,776 May
14, 1991
Serizawa et al. (Serizawa) 5,542,176 Aug. 6,
1996
(filed Jan. 30, 1995)
The following rejection is before us for review.
In the amendment filed August 25, 1997 (Paper No. 11), after the final2
rejection, claims 11-14 and allowable claim 17 were canceled and claim 20 was
substituted for canceled claim 17. Additionally, claim 19 was amended to
depend from new claim 20.
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