Appeal No. 98-2735
Application No. 90004386
application (Reexamination Control No. 90/004,386) involving
reexamination of U.S. Patent 5,398,915 issued March 21, 1995.
This appeal is related to Appeal No. 99-0254, an appeal from a
final rejection of the claims pending in an application
(Reexamination Control No. 90/004,385) involving reexamination
of U.S. Patent 5,320,662 issued June 14, 1994, which is
directed to a process for continuous copper smelting.
CLAIMED SUBJECT MATTER
According to appellants, the claimed subject matter is
directed to an "improvement in an apparatus for the continuous
smelting of copper." See Brief, page 2, in conjunction with
Brief, page 16. Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed
subject matter and reads as follows:
Claim 1. An apparatus for smelting copper comprising:
blister copper producing means;
a plurality of blister copper refining furnaces for refining
blister copper into copper of higher quality;
and
blister copper launder means connecting said blister copper
producing means and said blister copper refining furnaces.
PRIOR ART
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