Appeal No. 2001-2073
Application No. 09/098,799
for forcing fluid along the central axis and out said first and
second apertures (col. 2, lines 35-40). Thus, the tool of Amoils
is fully responsive to that defined in appellant's claim 9 on
appeal and anticipates that claimed subject matter.
As for independent claim 13 on appeal, we observe that the
tool of Amoils (Fig. 1) includes a hollow tubular member or
housing (12) having a sidewall defining a longitudinal bore
provided with an aperture. Like appellant's disclosure regarding
the embodiments of Figures 6A-7B, we read the "aperture" of claim
13 on appeal as corresponding to an open end portion of the
tubular housing (12) of Amoils at a cross section taken just
prior to (i.e., upstream of) the openings (26) therein. As noted
above, the tool of Amoils further includes a means coupled to the
housing for forcing fluid along the central axis and out said
aperture and subsequently out the openings (26) downstream of the
aperture (col. 2, lines 35-40). As for the "means secured to
said housing for diffusing the flow of the fluid exiting from
said aperture" set forth in the last clause of claim 13 on
appeal, we view this means in light of appellant's embodiments
seen in Figures 6A-7B as being readable on the portion of the
tubular housing (12) immediately downstream of the openings (26)
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