Appeal No. 2003-2113 Page 2
Application No. 09/712,582
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a plate type heat pipe. A copy of the claims
under appeal is set forth in the opinion section below.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Tanzer 5,029,389 July 9, 1991
Sun et al. (Sun) 5,465,782 Nov. 14, 1995
Groll DE 2 110 8651 Jan. 13, 1972
Obukhov SU 8088262 Feb. 28, 1981
Claims 3, 6 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as
containing subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as
to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the appellants, at the time
the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention.
Claims 3 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Sun in view of Tanzer and Groll.
1 In determining the teachings of Groll, we will rely on the translation provided by the USPTO. A
copy of the translation is attached for the appellants' convenience.
2 In determining the teachings of Obukhov, we will rely on the translation provided by the USPTO.
A copy of the translation is attached for the appellants' convenience.
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