Application of Robert Touvay

BALDWIN, Judge.

Touvay seeks review of the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals which affirmed the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-13, the only claims in his application, 1 as obvious in view of the prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 103.

THE INVENTION

Appellant’s application discloses glass manufacturing apparatus of the type which includes generally(1) a melting furnace heated by a series of combustion burners in the upper part thereof,(2) discharge means for the furnace, including means for forming the molten glass into a ribbon, and(3) a heated flotation chamber which receives the glass…