Appeal No. 1997-2251
Application 8/251,385
pages 9-10). This
argument is plausible and is not effectively refuted by the
examiner’s mere assertion that the shape of the teeth is an
obvious design choice (answer, page 8).
Claims 2-4, 47 and 49-51
Claims 2-4, 47 and 49-51 are similar to claims 1 and 5,
but differ in that claims 2-4, 47 and 49-51 recite that the
article being injection molded is an elongated article having
a head and a strap terminating in a tip, and require that the
tip region of the second mold part includes an undercut
region.
The examiner argues that Smirne and Funck use undercut
regions (answer, page 5). Smirne’s mold has a surface (16)
which forms ribs (14) in the molded article (col. 3, lines 30-
35). The examiner does not explain, and it is not apparent,
why such a surface has an undercut region as that term would
be understood
by one of ordinary skill in the art in view of appellants’
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