Appeal No. 2003-0470
Application 09/671,870
(34) causes a portion of the secondary flow of air to rush
into and fill each of the voids, whereby entrainment of
the secondary flow of air is dominated by static pressure
momentum interchange which occurs in an essentially
isentropic manner. It is further noted that, accordingly,
the losses that result from the mixing process are rela-
tively small as compared to other known mixing devices and
ejectors which employ shear forces to mix flows.
A copy of representative claim 5, the only
independent claim on appeal, can be found in Appendix A of
appellant’s brief.
The sole prior art reference of record relied upon
by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Paulson 5,203,164 Apr. 20, 1993
Claims 5, 6 and 9 through 13 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. §102(b) as being anticipated by Paulson.
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