Appeal 2007-0130
Application 10/688,584
1 section to the treatment section and then to the unloading section
2 (Specification 4).
3 Claim 1 under appeal reads as follows:
4 1. A microwave dryer for drying various materials
5 including:
6 (1) a loading section into which the material may be
7 introduced using loading means;
8 (2) a treatment section which is in communication with the
9 loading section;
10 (3) an unloading section which is in communication with the
11 treatment section;
12 (4) a reciprocating ram within said loading section which is
13 capable of pushing the material from said loading section into said
14 treatment section and through said treatment section into said
15 unloading section;
16 (5) a plurality of microwave guides within said treatment
17 section capable of directing microwaves from a microwave generator
18 into the material within said treatment section; and
19 (6) unloading means capable of removing the material from
20 said unloading section; whereby material may be loaded into said
21 loading section and pushed into said treatment section by the
22 reciprocating ram; the material treated by microwaves within said
23 treatment section; the treated material further pushed by said
24 reciprocating ram into said unloading section; and the material
25 removed from said unloading section by unloading means.
26
27 The Examiner rejected claims 1 and 2 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
28 being unpatentable over Chauffoureaux in view of Wear.
29 The Examiner rejected claims 3-6, 8 and 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
30 being unpatentable over Chauffoureaux in view of Wear and Gerling.
31 The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the claims on
32 appeal is:
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