Appeal No. 1999-1084 Application No. 08/818,051 mean that the French Reference do[es] not contain the elements that are being claimed. Initially, we note that, according to appellants’ specification, their invention relates to axisymmetric exhaust nozzles as disclosed in Hauer Patent No. 4,994,660 (page 1, line 19, page 2, line 20), the same patent which Lippmeier incorporates by reference at col. 1, lines 21 and 22. Although 7Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007