Appeal No. 2001-2423
Application 08/931,253
interior sidewall of the tubular sheath. Claim 1 is
illustrative:
1. A millivoltage generator comprising a rod of a first
metal having side walls extending within and spaced apart from
the interior side walls of a tubular sheath of a second metal,
said rod having an end face thereof fixed against an inner face
of a closed end of said sheath, said rod side walls and said
sheath interior side walls having no abutting contact with each
other said rod extending beyond an open end of said sheath to a
second end thereof, said rod being held in place in said sheath
proximate said second end thereof.
THE REFERENCES
Wolff 2,691,056 Oct. 5, 1954
Westbrook et al. (Westbrook) 2,946,835 Jul. 26, 1960
Hajny 3,038,950 Jun. 12, 1962
Holzl 3,343,589 Sep. 26, 1967
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected as follows: claims 1 and 3-13
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, written description
requirement; claims 1, 4, 6 and 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
anticipated by Sparrow; claims 1 and 4 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as anticipated by Hajny; claim 3 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious
over Sparrow or Hajny, in view of Westbrook; claim 5 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Sparrow or Hajny, in view of
Holzl; claims 8-10 and 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over
Sparrow in view of Hajny; claim 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
obvious over Sparrow in view of Hajny and common knowledge; and
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