Appeal No. 1999-1258
Application No. 08/854,332
Claims 1-6, 8-11, 13-15 and 19 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Bennett in view of Boulton
and Warne (Answer, page 3).1 Claim 7 stands rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the references noted above
further in view of Taki (Answer, page 4). Claims 16-18 and
20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the
references applied against claims 1-6, 8-11, 13-15 and 19,
further in view of the Metals Handbook (Answer, page 5). Claims
1-7, 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Bartholomew in view of Boulton and Warne (id.).
We reverse all of the rejections on appeal for the reasons set
forth below.
OPINION
All of the rejections on appeal have an evidentiary basis of
Bennett or Bartholomew as primary references with Boulton and
Warne applied as secondary references to show the obviousness of
substituting louver anode strips in the system of the primary
1The reference to Pulliainen, U.S. Patent No. 5,531,873, has
been withdrawn by the examiner (Answer, page 3).
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