Appeal No. 1999-0899
Application No. 08/654,752
perforation is formed as a result of fitting the protrusion
with the corresponding cavity" (lines 16 to 18). Although the
perforations 5 of Salerno are formed in this fashion, i.e., by
protrusions 68 on one mold 36 fitting into corresponding
concavities 70 in the other mold 38, one of ordinary skill
would not have found it obvious to so form a perforation in
the bracket 46 of Strapazzini, because in the Strapazzini
apparatus the bracket cavity 41 is not located at the junction
between the molds 35, 37, but rather is at the top of the
upper mold cavity 38. While it might have been obvious to
utilize some type of retractable "protrusion" (mandrel) to
form the perforation in Strapazzini's bracket, such a
protrusion, and any corresponding concavity, would both be on
mold 35, rather than each being on a separate mold, as
claimed. Thus, any method which one of ordinary skill would
derive from modifying Strapazzini in view of Salerno would not
include all the limitations of claim 13.
Accordingly, rejection (3) will not be sustained.
CONCLUSION
The examiner's decision (i) to reject claims 13 to 19
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