Legal Opinion
Application of Thomas F. Facius
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided April 10, 1969No. Patent Appeal 8238PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDWIN, Judge.
This appeal is from the Patent Office Board of Appeals decision affirming the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-4, all of the claims in appellant’s application, 1 “as being unpatentable over the disclosure in Engalitcheff 2 in view of the disclosure in Dargavel 3 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.”
THE INVENTION
The invention “relates to evaporative heat exchangers and in particular to improved apparatus for the distribution of water over a heat exchange surface.” The specification states:
A water distribution system involving troughs spaced apart so that air could flow between them is…
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