Appeal No. 2001-1142
Application No. 09/065,143
APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER
According to appellants (Brief, page 3):
None of the claims will be argued separately. Claims
8 and 11-13 therefore stand or fall together.
Accordingly, for purposes of this appeal, we select claim 8 from
all of the claims on appeal and determine the propriety of the
examiner’s rejections based on this claim alone pursuant to
37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7) and (c)(8)(2000). Claim 8 is provided
below:
8. A device for producing foam materials from two-
component reactive plastics comprising two reactive
components using carbon dioxide under pressure, comprising a
mixing apparatus for mixing the two reactive components,
wherein at least one of the two reactive components contains
carbon dioxide under pressure, wherein said mixing apparatus
comprises an outlet and at the outlet of this mixing
apparatus at least one exit opening extending to less than 1
mm in at least one cross-sectional dimension, wherein said
device also comprises a sieve to stabilize the flow
immediately downstream of the at least one exit opening
extending to less than 1 mm in at least one cross sectional
dimension, wherein each said at least one exit opening
comprises a free cross-sectional area, wherein the sieve
comprises a free cross-sectional area which is 5 to 100
times that of the free cross-sectional area of all of said
at least one exit openings.
PRIOR ART
The examiner relies on the following sole prior art
reference:
Fiorentini et al. (Fiorentini) 5,665,287 Sep. 9, 1997
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