Appeal 2007-0170
Application 10/262,510
insulating material and said second piece of insulating material face
each other, wherein said first exposed cross-section and said second
exposed cross-section and said first piece of insulating material and
said second piece of insulating material form a closed fluid channel
having four sides and two openings.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first spaced
relationship and said second spaced relationship both comprise a
distance of about d, and wherein said distance d defines a width of
said fluid channel.
11. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said d comprises a
distance of at least 1 µm.
II. PRIOR ART
The Examiner has relied upon the following sole reference as
evidence of unpatentability:
Pisharody US 2004/0146863 A1 Jul. 29, 2004
III. REJECTIONS
The Examiner has rejected the claims on appeal as follows:
1) Claim 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as containing
subject matter not described in the application disclosure as originally filed;
2) Claims 1, 3, 4, and 7 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as anticipated by
the disclosure of Pisharody; and
3) Claims 5 and 11 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over the
disclosure of Pisharody.
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