Appeal No. 2003-0760
Application No. 05/730,221
9. An instrument for cutting, the instrument
comprising:
blade-shaped means of said instrument that has an edge
which forms the cutting edge thereof; including
means capable of being heated to elevate the
temperature of the blade-shaped means in the region of
the cutting edge, said means capable of being heated
being in the region of said edge and having a physical
parameter which varies as a function of temperature to
increase power dissipation in response to selective
cooling of regions along said edge for maintaining the
temperature of said edge within said selected
temperature range.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Meyer 958,753 May 24, 1910
Mitchell et al. (Mitchell) 2,863,036 Dec. 02, 1958
Marcoux 3,414,705 Dec. 03, 1968
Hirschhorn 3,502,080 Mar. 24, 1970
Claims 9, 10, 13-16, 19, 20 and 23-26 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Mitchell in view of Marcoux.
Claims 11, 12, 17, 18, 21 and 22 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Mitchell in view of Marcoux and
Hirschhorn.
Claims 27-30 and 32-37 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Meyer in view of Marcoux.
The respective positions of the examiner and appellant with
regard to the propriety of these rejections are set forth in the
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