Appeal No. 2000-0003 Page 3
Application No. 08/618,814
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a process for
manufacturing a shaped metal beverage can. A copy of the
claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
appellants' brief.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Dolveck 3,759,205 Sept. 18,
1973
Claims 1 to 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Dolveck.
Claims 7 to 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Dolveck.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper
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