Appeal No. 2003-0618
Application No. 09/351,218
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 15, 25 through 28, 30 and 31 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by U.S. Patent No. 5,622,044
to Bronicki et al. (Bronicki).
Claims 16 and 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Bronicki.
Attention is directed to the main and reply briefs (Paper
Nos. 24 and 26) and the answer (Paper No. 25) for the respective
positions of the appellants and the examiner regarding the merits
of these rejections.
DISCUSSION
I. The 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) rejection of claims 15, 25 through 28,
30 and 31 as being anticipated by Bronicki
Bronicki discloses “a method of and apparatus for augmenting
power produced from gas turbines” (column 1, lines 13 and 14).
To support the appealed rejections, the examiner relies on the
embodiment illustrated in Figure 8 which depicts an apparatus 221
for use with a power plant 220 composed of a main compressor, a
combustor and a gas turbine. As described by Bronicki:
Apparatus 221, according to the invention,
includes direct contact heat exchanger 222 for
contacting and cooling close to substantially saturated
air with cooler water for producing cooler air and
warmed water. The water may come [from] local sources
such as a lake, river, or even the sea. Sensible and
latent heat is absorbed by the cooler water from the
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