Appeal No. 2000-01345
Application 09/097,176
a centerbody positioned within the flow conditioner, said
centerbody being non-catalytic material, and said centerbody
having an entrance and multiple exits defined by said
centerbody, and
a pilot wall, said flow conditioner connected to said
pilot wall at one end and said centerbody at a second end.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Richardson et al. (Richardson) 3,430,443 Mar. 4, 1969
Retallick et al. (Retallick) 5,346,389 Sep. 13,
1994
Pfefferle et al. (Pfefferle) 5,634,784 Jun. 3,
1997
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Pfefferle in view of Retallick.
Claims 2, 3, 5 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Pfefferle in view of
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