Appeal No. 2001-1355
Application No. 09/110,348
As conceded by the examiner (see pages 4 and 5 in the
answer), the Karge apparatus does not meet the limitations in
claims 1 and 9 requiring the support wall to be removably
disposed on the rim of the housing means and the top/dome to
be disposed on and removable with the support wall for adding
liquid cooling medium (water and ice) to the housing means.
MacCracken discloses a personal thermal device “in which
liquid is circulated through a flexible panel for supplying
heat to or carrying heat away from a person’s body” (column 1,
lines 17 through 19). The device includes a circulator 14
which communicates with the flexible panel 10 through a pair
of flexible tubes 12. The circulator comprises a container 22
for holding the cooling/heating liquid, a removable threaded
cover 26 which allows the container to be filled or recharged
with the liquid, a pump 28 mounted on the cover for
circulating the liquid between the container and the flexible
panel, and a protective hood 31 carried by the cover.
In proposing to combine Karge and MacCracken to reject
independent claims 1 and 9 (see pages 4 and 5 in the answer),
the examiner concludes that it would have been obvious in view
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