Appeal No. 2000-1335
Application 09/131,930
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 2, 5 through 13, 17, 18 and 20 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Nomura in
view of Obosu.
Claim 4 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Nomura in view of Obosu and Modine.
Claims 13 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Nomura in view of Obosu and Swan.
Claim 15 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Nomura in view of Obosu and Dauvergne.
Claim 16 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Nomura in view of Obosu and Yasuda.
Attention is directed to the appellant’s brief (Paper No.
8) and to the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 9) for the
respective positions of the appellant and the examiner with
regard to the merits of these rejections.
DISCUSSION
Nomura, the examiner’s primary reference, discloses a
heat exchange apparatus designed to efficiently cool large
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