Appeal No. 97-0176
Application No. 08/313,604
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a method of
fabricating end plugs for nuclear fuel rods. An understanding
of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claims 1, 8 and 9 which appear in the appendix to the
appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Van Dievoet 3,699,638 Oct. 24, 1972
Nilson 3,804,708 Apr. 16, 1974
Clapham 1,404,234 Aug. 28, 1975
(United Kingdom patent specification)
The following rejections are before us for review:
(1) Claims 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 and 9 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Van Dievoet in view
of Clapham.
(2) Claims 3, 6, 8 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Van Dievoet in view of
Clapham and Nilson.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
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