Appeal No. 2000-1346
Application 08/730,516
The subject matter on appeal relates to “cooling or
heating apparatus to be used with suspended ceiling
configurations in a
home, office or other commercial or industrial buildings”
(specification, page 1). Representative claim 1 reads as
follows:
1. Apparatus for heating or cooling a space comprising:
a plurality of heat conducting ceiling tiles suspended
above the space to be heated or cooled;
a plurality of spiral shaped coils in thermally
conductive contact with said plurality of heat conducting
tiles, said spiral shaped coils each having a spiral shape
allowing the coil to maintain substantial physical contact
with the ceiling tile beneath the coil even when the ceiling
tile beneath the coil flexes, bends or sags; and
at least one heat exchange fluid supply line and at least
one heat exchange fluid return line connected to said
plurality of coils so as to define at least one path of heat
exchange fluid through said plurality of spiral shaped coils
in thermally conductive contact with said plurality of heat
conducting tiles.
THE PRIOR ART
The items relied on by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Rupp 1,847,573 Mar. 1, 1932
Raider 2,677,749 May 4,
1954
Rapp 2,751,198 Jun. 19, 1956
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