Appeal No. 1998-0649 Page 4
Application No. 08/309,323
OPINION
With regard to the anticipation rejection and particularly
with regard to independent claim 1, the examiner identifies the
following corresponding elements within Ruchser:
Viewing Figure 1 or 2 of Ruchser, the pressure relief
system is identified as the entire Figure, safety valve
assembly 10. The control system is identified as having a
housing 12 and a housing chamber located within the housing,
the housing chamber being identified by the examiner as the
unlabeled chamber which holds electrical equipment, identified
by the examiner as electrical switch 82. The claimed valve
system is identified by the examiner as elements 16, 17, 26 and
28 of Ruchser and the pressure relief device is initially
identified as consumer outlet 22 of Ruchser but the examiner
later admits, agreeing with appellant, that return outlet 24 of
Ruchser would correspond to appellant’s claimed pressure relief
device. Up to this point, there appears to be no problem with
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