Appeal No. 2002-0672
Application No. 09/158,715
central web in said block, said internal passageway being
operable to funnel a fuel through said block;
c) at least one external channel extending through outer
surfaces of said central web in said block for channeling
the fuel around said block, said internal passageway and
said external channel providing a degree of contact between
said fuel and said catalyst coating which is sufficient to
reform said fuel into a process gas that is suitable for use
in powering a fuel cell power plant.
11. The catalyst block of Claim 10 wherein said block is
curvilinear in configuration so as to match the curvature of
a curved catalyst chamber.
12. The catalyst block of Claim 11 wherein there are a plurality
of internal passageways and a plurality of external
channels.
THE REFERENCE
Lesieur 5,733,347 Mar. 31, 1998
THE REJECTION
The claims stand rejected as follows: claims 10 and 12 under
35 U.S.C. § 102(a) as anticipated by Lesieur, and claim 11 under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Lesieur.
OPINION
We reverse the aforementioned rejections.
Rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a)
During patent prosecution, claims are to be given their
broadest reasonable interpretation consistent with the
specification, as the claim language would have been read by one
of ordinary skill in the art in view of the specification and
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