Appeal No. 1998-1052
Application No. 08/683,600
extractor head includes inlet port means 82 and a discharge
port
adjacent vacuum source 84, as called for in the claims.
Accordingly, for the reasons given in our discussion of claim
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above, we also shall sustain the standing § 103 rejection of
claim 31.
New ground of rejection
Pursuant to our authority under 37 CFR § 1.196(b), we
reject claims 29 and 30 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being vague and indefinite. As explained above
in our discussion of claims 29 and 30, it is not understood
how the reflector plate can be disposed intermediate the heat
lamp assembly and the component (i.e., the dryer head) within
which the heat lamp assembly is positioned.
Summary
The rejection of claims 1, 5, 6 and 21-28 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 112, second paragraph, is reversed as to claims 1, 5 and 6,
but is affirmed as to claims 21-28.
The rejection of claims 1 and 21-24 as being unpatentable
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