Ex parte KOCH - Page 18




          Appeal No. 1999-2544                                      Page 18           
          Application No. 08/796,513                                                  


          electrical heating means and, thus, it does not appear to us                
          that the suggested combination of these prior art references,               
          as proposed by the examiner, would have been obvious to one of              
          ordinary skill in the relevant art having the references                    
          before him.                                                                 


               Accordingly, we will not sustain the examiner's                        
          rejection of claims 1 and 12 as obvious over Jackson in view                
          of Zwaan or Lambert.                                                        


             ---Claims 2, 4, 6, 8 through 11, 13 through 15 and 17---                 


               The rejection of claims 2, 4, 6, 8 through 11 and 13,                  
          which are dependent on claim 1, and the rejection of claims                 
          14, 15 and 17 which are dependent on claim 12, will not be                  
          sustained for the same reasons as with respect to claims 1 and              
          12.                                                                         


                The 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of claims 3 and 16                   










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