Appeal No. 2002-0063 Page 2
Application No. 09/324,825
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention is directed to reaction vessels with heating and cooling
capabilities, and more particularly to such vessels having cooling units which uniquely
rely upon phase change coolant injection (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims
under appeal is set forth 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:
Barnebey et al. (Barnebey) 2,472,362 June 7, 1949
Morey 2,739,221 Mar. 20, 1956
Vieth 3,143,167 Aug. 4, 1964
Strehler et al. (Strehler) 4,030,314 June 21, 1977
Williams et al. (Williams) 4,117,881 Oct. 3, 1978
Redikultsev et al. (Redikultsev) 4,276,264 June 30, 1981
Imig et al. (Imig) 4,346,754 Aug. 31, 1982
Tyler 5,123,477 June 23, 1992
Richard 5,176,202 Jan. 5, 1993
Charm et al. (Charm) 5,489,532 Feb. 6, 1996
Kondo et al. (Kondo) EP 0 400 965 A3 Dec. 5, 1990
Claims 21 to 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Kondo in view of Strehler and Morey.
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