Appeal No. 2002-0116 Page 2
Application No. 09/457,730
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a method for producing a fixture for holding a
workpiece in a machining apparatus. A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the
appendix to the appellant's brief.
Claims 21 and 23 to 30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over the Admitted Prior Art shown in Figures 1-4 of this application and
discussed on pages 1-3 of the specification (the Admitted Prior Art) in view of U.S. Patent
No. 6,017,025 to Balz et al (Balz).
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and the
appellant regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer (Paper
No. 14, mailed April 20, 2001) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 13, filed March 15, 2001) for the appellant's
arguments thereagainst.2
2The rejection of claim 29 under 35 U.S.C. § 112 made in the final rejection was withdrawn by the
examiner (answer, p. 2).
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