Appeal No. 1998-0810 Page 2
Application No. 08/537,966
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a system for controlling the flow of melt from a
cold wall induction guide tube mechanism. An understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which appears in the appendix to the
appellants’ Brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Sawyer et al. (Sawyer ‘566) 5,348,566 Sep. 20, 1994
Sawyer et al. (Sawyer ‘206) 5,366,206 Nov. 22, 1994
Claims 1-8 and 10-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Sawyer ‘206 in view of Sawyer ‘566.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the Answer (Paper
No. 12) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejections, and to the Brief
(Paper No. 11) for the appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to the
appellants’ specification and claims, the applied prior art references, the respective
positions articulated by the appellants and the examiner, and the guidance provided by our
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