Appeal No. 1998-0093
Application No. 08/459,301
therefore, of prime importance. [Col. 3, l. 66 to
col. 4, l. 10.]
The examiner cites Buckingham as evidence of the
obviousness of increasing the efficiency of the ovens of
Forrer and Malick by replacing their outer walls with
laminated insulating walls (Answer at 6). Buckingham's oven,
like Malick's, employs infrared radiation provided by
incandescent bulbs (16) (p. 2, 2d col., ll. 51-59).
Buckingham's oven includes an outer heat-insulating box or
wall 11 having a removable top cover 13, an inner, heat-
attenuating box or wall 12 having a removable top cover 22,
and eight incandescent light bulbs 16 located in the space
between the inner and outer boxes (p. 2, 2d col., ll. 7-20).
Buckingham's oven does not include any vents.
Appellant argues that
[sic:the] modification of either Forrer or Malick in
view of to Huie et al. and Buckingham et al. in the
manner suggested by the examiner would require
elimination of the vents of Forrer and Malick. . . .
[T]he modifications suggested by the examiner would
clearly be detrimental to the operation of the basic
references. Stated another way, it would in each
case be teaching away from the intended operation of
the primary references. [Reply Brief at 7.]
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