Appeal No. 1999-1765 Page 3
Application No. 08/839,193
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a water rod assembly
for a boiling water nuclear reactor, and to a fuel assembly
for a boiling water nuclear reactor which includes an upper
tie plate, a lower tie plate and a water rod assembly. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of independent claims 1 and 12, which appear in the appendix
to the appellants’ brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Jabsen 3,828,868 Aug. 13, 1974
Nylund 5,180,550 Jan. 19, 1993
Meier et al. (Meier) 4,041,349 June 25, 1992
(German Patent Application)2
Claims 1, 10 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to
particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter
which appellants regard as the invention.
2Our understanding of this foreign language document is
based upon a translation prepared for the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office. A copy of that translation accompanies this
decision.
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