Appeal No. 1998-1465
Application No. 08/445,926
the large opening above the filter, through which air flows
into the filter, and small holes below the filter, through
which air flows from the filter into the enclosure. Both the
large opening and the smaller holes are integral with cover
14. Accordingly, all three of the limitations contested by
appellants are taught by the combined disclosures of Moon and
Roddy. Consequently, we will affirm the rejection of claim 1
and the claims grouped therewith, claims 6 and 10.
For claims 4 and 8, the examiner took Official notice
that the additional claimed elements are notoriously old and
well known in the art. As appellants' argument for each of
claims 4 and 8 is that neither reference discloses the
limitations recited in the claim, and fails to address the
actual rejection, we will affirm the rejection of claims 4, 8,
and 9 (which is grouped with claim 8).
Regarding claim 2, the examiner asserts (Answer, page 4)
that Moon discloses first and second pole piece magnet
assemblies, but never addresses whether they are mounted by
base casting die-cast generated zero draft geometries. Figure
1 of Moon shows magnet assemblies 352 and 356 as being mounted
to the base and cover castings, respectively, with screws.
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