Appeal No. 2003-1066
Application No. 09/841,277
other pending claim, stands withdrawn from consideration by the
examiner as being drawn to a non-elected invention.
The Invention
The appellants claim a pyrolysis heater for the pyrolysis
of hydrocarbons. Claim 1, which is the broadest claim on
appeal, is illustrative:
1. A pyrolysis heater for the pyrolysis of hydrocarbons
comprising:
a. a radiant heating zone having a bottom hearth, a lower
portion adjacent to and extending upwardly from said hearth and
an upper portion extending upwardly from said lower portion;
b. at least one tubular heating coil for processing said
hydrocarbons located in said radiant heating zone and extending
into both said upper portion and said lower portion;
c. a plurality of hearth burners located adjacent to said
hearth directed upwardly for firing vertically up through said
lower portion and into said upper portion; and
d. a plurality of base burners located on said hearth for
firing in contact with said hearth thereby creating a heated
radiating hearth surface.
The References
In addition to the appellants’ admitted prior art
(specification, page 5 & Figure 1), the examiner relies on the
following references as evidence of unpatentability:
Bauer et al. 4,342,642 Aug. 03, 1982
(Bauer)
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