Appeal No. 1999-1052 Page 2
Application No. 08/604,841
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to an apparatus for dissipating heat generated by
electronic computer components mounted on a printed circuit board assembly. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which
appears in the appendix to the appellant's Brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Butt 3,327,776 Jun. 27, 1967
Crowe 4,941,530 Jul. 17, 1990
Frankeny et al. (Frankeny) 5,006,924 Apr. 9, 1991
Claims 1-4, 9, 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Frankeny.
Claims 6-8, 13 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Frankeny in view of Butt.
Claims 10 and 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Frankeny in view of Crowe.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the Answer (Paper
No. 14) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the Brief
(Paper No.12) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
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