Appeal No. 2003-2056 Page 2
Application No. 09/377,442
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a heat dissipating apparatus for use on a
spacecraft. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 1, which has been reproduced below.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Esposto 5,743,325 Apr. 28, 1998
Watts 5,806,803 Sep.15, 1998
Japanese Kokai Patent Application1 SHO 63[1988]-83586 Apr. 14, 1988
(Miyasaka)
Claims 1-12 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Esposto in view of Miyasaka.
Claim 13 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Esposto in view of Miyasaka and Watt.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the Answer
(Paper No. 18) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and
to the Brief (Paper No. 17) ) for the appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
1Our understanding of this foreign language reference was obtained from a PTO translation, a
copy of which is enclosed.
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