Appeal No. 2005-2176 Page 8
Application No. 10/266,229
MCQUADE, Administrative Patent Judge, dissenting-in-part.
The examiner’s 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) rejection of claims 1 through 9 as being
anticipated by Reighard should be reversed in its entirety for the reasons advanced in
the appellant’s main and reply briefs.
The specification in the instant application (see pages 1 through 3) indicates that
the dispensing units of conventional hot melt adhesive systems include a number of
distinct components including a pump and a pump manifold, that the pump manifold in
these conventional systems generally contains a filter for removing problematic
particulate material from the adhesive, that in some conventional systems access to the
pump manifold, and hence the filter, is difficult, and that the appellant’s invention solves
this problem by locating the filter in the pump (rather than in the pump manifold) such
that it is readily accessible for servicing and replacement. Independent claim 1 brings
out one aspect of the appellant’s invention through its recitation of a pump for use in a
dispensing unit of a hot melt adhesive system wherein the pump comprises, inter alia, a
pump housing having an inlet, an outlet and a chamber therebetween, and a filter
removably positioned in the chamber.
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