Appeal No. 2004-0536
Application No. 09/823,072
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness:
York 5,823,477 Oct. 20, 1998
Basuthakur et al. 6,003,817 Dec. 21, 1999
(Basuthakur)
Hosick 6,073,887 Jun. 13, 2000
Doll 2,463,058 Mar. 27, 1981
(French Patent)
Appellants' claimed invention is directed to a spacecraft
having east and west facing body panels which, because of
exposure to the sun, become excessively hot. In order to cool
the east or west panel facing the sun, one or more heat pipes are
used to thermally interconnect the east and west facing panels.
In addition, heat dissipating equipment is mounted on the heat
pipes.
Appealed claims 1-6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Basuthakur or Hosick in view of York or
Doll.
Appellants submit at page 4 of the principal brief that "it
is respectfully submitted that Claims 1-6 stand or fall
together." Accordingly, all the appealed claims stand or fall
together with claim 1.
We have thoroughly reviewed each of appellants' arguments
for patentability. However, we are in complete agreement with
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