Appeal No. 1999-1408 Page 2
Application No. 08/809/629
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing molded
glass bodies. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claims 31 and 36, which appear in the appendix to the appellant's Brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Hofmann 1,852,570 Apr. 5, 1932
Bittner et al. (Bittner) 4,225,331 Sep. 30, 1980
Leweringhaus et al. (Leweringhaus) 5,236,485 Aug. 17, 1993
Claims 31-33, 36-45 and 49-54 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Hofmann in view of Leweringhaus.
Claims 34, 35 and 55-59 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Hofmann in view of Leweringhaus and Bittner.1
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellant regarding the above-noted rejections, we make reference to the Answer (Paper
No. 14) and the final rejection (Paper No. 7) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejections, and to the Brief (Paper No. 13) for the appellant's arguments
thereagainst.
1A rejection of claim 45 under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, was overcome
by amendment and was withdrawn in the Answer.
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