Appeal No. 1998-0387 Application 08/566,192 to the right of the spray chamber 12, because the term “above” may mean “in or to a higher place than.” Since Berman’s heat 2 exchanger 14 is at a higher elevation than sprays 22, it is “above” the sprays as called for by claim 1. We therefore conclude that claim 1 is unpatentable over Berman in view of Marchand alone, Hilger being superfluous to the rejection when the terms of the claim are given their broadest reasonable interpretation. The means for eliminating mist recited in claim 2 reads on demister 20 of Berman. Appellants’ argument that it does not because Berman mixes the exhaust gases with ambient air (brief, page 16) is not persuasive, since Berman discloses that “remaining water droplets are removed” at demister 20 (col. 3, lines 70 and 71), and claim 2 does not preclude any subsequent mixing with ambient air. On the other hand, we do not consider claim 7 to be 2Webster’s Third New International Dictionary (1971). 7Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007