Appeal 2006-3022
Application 10/286,434
a controller responsive to said sensed temperature and adapted
to modify the duration of said impulse power applied to said sealing
element when said sensed temperature falls outside said temperature
range and to continuously maintain said temperature within said range
over a plurality of sealing cycles.
The prior art set forth below is relied upon by the Examiner as
evidence of obviousness:
Perrett 5,326,416 Jul. 5, 1994
Linden 5,573,613 Nov. 12, 1996
Jurrius 5,616,199 Apr. 1, 1997
Admitted Prior Art, see Background of Invention section, pages 1-3 of the
Specification.
The Examiner entered the following rejections.
I. Claims 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 11, and 16 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. §102(b)
as anticipated by Jurrius.
II. Claims 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 11, and 16 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C.
§103(a) over Jurrius in view of Lunden.
III. Claims 3 and 4 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 (a) over either
Jurrius or Jurrius in view of Lunden, and further in view of the admitted
prior art at pages 1-3 of the Specification.
IV. Claim 7 is unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over either Jurrius or
Jurrius and Lunden.
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