Appeal 2007-1170
Application 10/971,698
a baffle without openings disposed between the cover
and the solid material to prevent a direct line of sight
between the solid material and the plurality of apertures,
the baffle being spaced from the cover to control a
flow of vaporized material into a region between
the baffle and the cover to promote uniformity of
the vapor efflux from the plurality of apertures,
wherein a ratio of the interior volume of the housing to a
volume of the region between the baffle and the cover is
at least approximately 20:1.
(Br. at 18 (claims appendix); Paragraphing and indentation added.)
Freeman 013
26. The parent application, 10/093,739, filed 8 March 2002, was
published on 11 September 2003, as US 2003/0,168,013 A1, and is now
abandoned ("Freeman 013").
27. The disclosure of Freeman 013 appears to be substantially the same as
that of the 698 Specification but for the descriptions of the relative volumes
and the mechanisms and effects of the baffle on the gas distribution.
28. In particular, the Examples section of Freeman 013 at 8:[118]3
through 10:[150] appears to be the same or substantially the same as the
Examples section of the 698 Specification at 24:7 through 29:13.
3 Citations to Freeman 013 have the form page:[paragraph].
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