Appeal No. 1998-0093
Application No. 08/459,301
reversing that ground of rejection with respect to each of the
rejected claims, i.e., claims 1, 6, and 7.
E. The rejection based on either one of Forrer
and Malick in view of Huie and Buckingham
Forrer and Malick each disclose infrared cooking ovens.
Forrer's oven has an outer shell formed by panels 5-11 and a
door 30. As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the side walls of the
outer shell have holes 13 and 14 for allowing air to enter and
exit the oven. An inner reflecting shell, formed by bottom
pan 15, side pans 18 and 19, rear pan 20, and top pan 21
(there is no front pan), contains infrared heating lamps 17
and 40 and a glass shelf 25 for supporting the food to be
heated, which is included in a cellophane wrapper 46.
Air circulates through the oven with sufficient rapidity
that the air within it is never too hot to preclude the use of
the operator's hands in placing and removing food (col. 3, ll.
11-14). This circulating air further carries away the heat
from the inner reflecting chamber walls and protects the outer
shell from having any dangerous rise in temperature (col. 3,
ll. 14-17). With the exception of bottom panel 9, which may
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