Appeal No. 1998-2376 Page 7
Application No. 08/400,325
436 F.Supp. 704, 726, 195 USPQ 487, 506 (D. Del. 1977);
In re Fessman, 489 F.2d 742, 180 USPQ 324 (CCPA 1974)).
The examiner fails to show that the product in claims 1-6
is the same as or obvious from a product of the prior art.
The claims specify in pertinent part the following
limitations: "sidewall portion, central housing structure and
baffle plate being a unitary part fabricated from a single
extrusion."
The examiner admits that Lipscomb's side angle plate,
integral center panel, and cellular lattice are not
"extruded." (Examiner's Answer at 4.) To the contrary, the
parts are "molded plastics to produce a unitary structure
...." Col. 3, ll. 2-3.
Although Griffin teaches a "housing 11 ... constructed of
extruded aluminum," col. 3, ll. 41-42, the housing does not
comprise a central housing structure or a baffle plate. To
the contrary, the "extruded housing 11 [is] formed with a back
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