Appeal No. 2004-1977 Page 2
Application No. 09/297,256
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a fire fighting apparatus comprising a plurality
of spray heads, a tube system for sending extinguishing medium to the spray heads, at
least one drive gas source for driving extinguishing medium at a high pressure via the
tube system to the spray heads and release means for activating the spray heads. A
copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The examiner relied upon the following prior art references of record in rejecting
the appealed claims:
Diquattro 3,012,613 Dec. 12, 1961
Naumann 3,613,794 Oct. 19, 1971
Lockwood 3,827,502 Aug. 6, 1974
Willms 4,082,148 Apr. 4, 1978
The following rejections are before us for review.
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
Naumann.
Claims 1-7 and 9-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Diquattro in view of Lockwood.
Claim 8 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Diquattro in view of Lockwood and Willms.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the answer
(Paper No. 42) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections and to
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