Appeal No. 1997-3678 Application No. 08/485,161 Appellant’s invention pertains to a method of cooling a surface by nucleate boiling. A basic understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, a copy of which appears in the APPENDIX to the amended brief (Paper No. 28). As evidence of anticipation and obviousness, the examiner has applied the documents listed below: Chu et al. 4,050,507 Sep. 27, 1977 (Chu) Reeber et al. 709,574 May 18, 1965 (Reeber) Hesketh, Peter J., “THE EMITTANCE OF HEAVILY DOPED MICROCONFIGURED SILICON SURFACES”, A DISSERTATION IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, CHAPTER 2, pages 42 through 53, 1987. (the Hesketh dissertation) Marto, P. J. and Lepere, Lt. V. J., “Pool Boiling Heat Transfer From Enhanced Surfaces to Dielectric Fluids”, Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 104, pages 292 through 299, May 1982. (the Marto and Lepere article) 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007