Appeal No. 2000-1346
Application 08/730,516
Rupp, either Schmitt-Raiser or the admitted prior art, and
either Raider or Rapp.
Attention is directed to the appellants’ brief (Paper No.
11) and to the examiner’s final rejection and answer (Paper
Nos. 7 and 12) for the respective positions of the appellants
and the examiner with regard to the merits of these
rejections.
DISCUSSION
The Canadian reference discloses a building space having
a suspended ceiling composed of a plurality of heating panels
12. Each panel includes a steel plate 20 and a length of
copper
tubing 26 formed into a serpentine or boustrophedonic
configuration in heat-conducting contact with the upper
surface of the plate. As shown in Figure 1, the heating
panels are arranged in rows, and at least some the serpentine
or boustrophedonic tubing lengths associated with the plates
in each row are connected in series. In use, “[a] fluid
heating medium, such as water, is passed through the copper
tubing 26, heat being transferred from the water to the copper
tubing 26 which gives up heat to the heat-exchange plate 20,
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