Appeal No. 2001-0379
Application No. 09/141,891 Page 3
stopping said gas mixture flow when said temperature sensor
detects a temperature rise in said cavity.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Cox 3,913,600 Oct. 21, 1975
Kern 4,381,218 Apr. 26, 1983
Claims 1-7, 9, 11-18, 20-28, and 30 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kern in view of Cox.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the
examiner and appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we
make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper No. 10, mailed
June 16, 2000) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support
of the rejection, and to appellant's brief (Paper No. 9, filed
May 31, 2000) for appellant's arguments thereagainst. Only those
arguments actually made by appellant have been considered in this
decision. Arguments which appellant could have made but chose
not to make in the brief have not been considered. See 37 CFR
1.192(a).
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have carefully
considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejection advanced
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