Appeal No. 1998-0093
Application No. 08/459,301
F. New grounds of rejection pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b)
Pursuant to our authority under 37 CFR § 1.196(b), claims
1, 6, and 7 are hereby rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) for
obviousness over Nusbaum et al. U.S. Patent 4,675,506
(Nusbaum) in view of Huie.4
All of the elements of claim 1 with the exception of the
recited dimming switch read on Nusbaum's oven as follows:
1. A portable low temperature cooking oven comprising:
a housing [10a-10e] constructed of laminated insulating
panels [i.e., rigid, densified glass wool material 17
sandwiched between outer aluminum layer 18 and inner aluminum
layers 16a-16e -- col. 6, ll. 1-6] having an opening therein;
a door [10f] constructed of laminated insulating panels[ ] 5
[i.e., rigid, densified glass wool material 17 sandwiched
between outer aluminum layer 18 and inner aluminum layers 16f]
pivotally attached [by piano hinge 19 -- col. 5, ll. 57-58] to
said housing and disposed for selective sealed closing [i.e.,
loosely sealed even when designed to permit venting -- col. 3,
ll. 30-34] of said opening;
at least one electrical fixture [socket 31] attached
within said housing;
4A copy of the Nusbaum patent, which issued June 23,
1987, is enclosed.
5The requirement that the door be formed of panels reads
on Nusbaum's door 16F as well as it does on appellant's
disclosed door 32.
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