Appeal No. 2004-0929
Application No. 09/386,103
1. A heat sink assembly, comprising:
a heat exchanging section including a thermally
conductive sheet folded into alternating ridges and
troughs defining spaced fins having opposite end edges,
said folded sheet being formed into a generally
cylindrical configuration whereby the troughs form an
inner segmented cylinder and the ridges form an outer
segmented cylinder generally concentric with the inner
cylinder; and
a heat conductive rod within said inner segmented
cylinder defined by said troughs.
THE REFERENCES
Grandmont et al. (Grandmont) 2,413,179 Dec. 24, 1946
Allison (Allison ‘756) 3,185,756 May 25, 1965
Allison (Allison ‘082) 3,187,082 Jun. 01, 1965
Hoffman 3,280,907 Oct. 25, 1966
Dean 5,794,685 Aug. 18, 1998
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected as being anticipated under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as follows: claims 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 11 and
14-17 over Allison ‘756, and claims 1, 5, 6, 8-10, 14-16, 18 and
19 over Grandmont. The claims stand rejected as being obvious
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows: claim 17 over Allison ‘756 or
Grandmont, claims 7, 20, 21 and 24-27 over Allison ‘756 in view
of Dean, claims 2, 11 and 21 over Grandmont in view of Hoffman,
claims 7, 20 and 24-19 over Grandmont in view of Dean, and
claims 8, 9, 18, 19, 28 and 29 over Allison ‘756 in view of
Allison ‘082 or Grandmont.
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