Appeal 2006-2547
Application 10/095,409
Patent 6,237,775
1 forming a main body, the side wall having an
2 imperforate lower portion abutting the bottom, an
3 upper edge and an upper portion abutting the upper
4 edge, the upper portion including at least one vent
5 therethrough adjacent to the upper edge, the vent
6 being partially covered by a louver, whereby the
7 vent directs airflow downward and into the pan to
8 facilitate airflow contact with an upper surface of
9 the contents of the pan.
10 The Examiner relies on the following prior art in his rejections:
11 Brandenburg US 404,255 May 28, 1889
12 Branz US 5,168,719 Dec. 08, 1992
13 Rostkowski US 5,366,107 Nov. 22, 1994
14 Meyer US 5,916,023 Jun. 29, 1999
15 Issues2
16 Claims 24-28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph
17 (lack of original descriptive support). Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 18, 19, 22, 24, 25,
18 27 and 28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over
19 Brandenburg in view of Branz and Rostkowski. Claims 3, 20 and 26 stand
2 In an Advisory Action mailed January 9, 2006, the Examiner entered claim
amendments filed October 4, 2005 and stated that the following rejections
had been overcome: the final rejections of (1) claims 4 and 5 under 35
U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as indefinite, (2) claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 18, 19,
21 and 22 as anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) by Branz, (3) claims 1, 2,
4, 5, 18, 19, 22, 24, 25, 27 and 28 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable
over Breen (U.S. Patent 5,667,827), Gorlich (U.S. Patent 5,866,164) and
Howell (U.S. Patent 5,203,833) in view of Branz and Rostkowski, (4) claims
1, 2, 4, 5, 18, 19, 21 and 22 as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over
Branz in view of Brandenburg, Breen, Gorlich and Howell, and (5) claims 1,
2, 4, 5, 18, 19, 21 and 22 as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over
Rostkowski in view of Branz.
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