Appeal No. 1996-3597 Page 2
Application No. 08/050,825
the steps of; (1) inserting a model into a container so that
the lower portion of the model contiguously overlays a floor
member of the container; (2) pouring a curable liquid polymer
composition into the container for encapsulating the model;
(3) inserting a pair of handle members into the curable liquid
composition; (4) curing the liquid polymer composition having
the handle members embedded therein to form a solid flexible
mold; (5) removing the so formed solid flexible mold from the
container; and (6) displacing the handle members to release
the model from the solid flexible mold to form a cavity
therein having a reverse image of the outer contour of the
model. A further understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claims 1 and 20, which are
reproduced in an Appendix to the brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Hyde 2,779,058 Jan.
29, 1957
Mutch 3,674,302 Jul. 04,
1972
Frahme 4,313,789 Feb. 02,
1982
Adiletta 4,578,826 Apr. 01,
1986
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