Appeal No. 2004-1321 Page 2
Application No. 10/002,633
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an impingement flow for wall parts
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to
the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Ashiwake et al. 5,365,400 Nov. 15, 1994
(Ashiwake)
Wettstein 5,586,866 Dec. 24, 1996
Cermak GB 849,255 Sept, 21, 1960
Livingood et al., "Heat-Transfer Characteristics of a Single Circular Air Jet Impinging on
a Concave Hemispherical Shell," Report No. NASA TM X-2859, August 1973
(Livingood)
Claims 1, 5 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated
by Cermak.
Claims 1, 2, 5 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Cermak in view of Ashiwake.
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