Appeal No. 2004-0929
Application No. 09/386,103
We therefore affirm the rejection over Grandmont in view of
Dean of claim 7 and claims 20 and 24-29 that stand or fall
therewith.
Rejection of claim 8 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over
Allison ‘756 in view of Allison ‘082 or Grandmont
Claim 8, which depends from claim 1, requires that at least
one of the troughs contains an aperture therein.
Grandmont discloses that the webs (15) at the outer edges of
the fins may have slots (16) therein for admitting a cooling
medium such as air into the channel between the fins (col. 3,
lines 14-18). These slots extend the length of the fins
including the trough region (figure 1).
The appellants do not challenge this rejection as to
Grandmont. Accordingly, we affirm the rejection over
Allison ‘756 in view of Allison ‘082 and Grandmont of claim 8 and
claims 9, 18, 19, 28 and 29 that stand or fall therewith.
DECISION
The rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) of claims 1, 2, 5, 6,
10, 11 and 14-17 over Allison ‘756, and the rejections under
35 U.S.C. § 103 of claim 17 over Allison ‘756 or Grandmont and
claims 7, 20, 21 and 24-27 over Allison ‘756 in view of Dean, are
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