Ex Parte Schmidt - Page 2

                Appeal 2007-0505                                                                                 
                Application 10/402,476                                                                           

                       1.  A method of producing a molded article comprising the steps of:                       
                       a.  positioning an insert in a first mold;                                                
                       b.  filing the first mold with a first material to form a lost core                       
                assembly, wherein the insert is molded into the lost core assembly;                              
                       c. inserting the lost core assembly into a second mold;                                   
                       d.  filling the second mold with a second material to form a plastic                      
                article containing the lost core assembly and completely covering an outer                       
                surface of the insert with the second material; and                                              
                       e.  removing the first material to form a cavity including the insert,                    
                wherein the insert defines a portion of a surface of the cavity.                                 
                       The Examiner relies on the evidence in these references:                                  
                Quinlan    US 4,743,481          May 10, 1988                                                    
                Hager     US 5,614,143          Mar. 25, 1997                                                    
                Daly     EP 1 065 353 A1          Jan.    3, 2001                                                
                Nishimura    JP  P2001-62845A          Mar. 13, 2001                                             
                Jessberger1    US 2002/0195741 A1         Dec. 26, 2002                                          
                Marx     US 6,547,210 B1          Apr. 15, 2003                                                  
                       Appellant requests review of the following grounds of rejection under                     
                35 U.S.C. § 103(a) advanced on appeal (Br. 4-5):                                                 
                Claims 1, 3 through 10, 13, 15, 16, and 18 as unpatentable over Quinlan in                       
                view of Marx (Answer 3);                                                                         
                Claim 2 as unpatentable over Quinlan and Marx in view of Daly and further                        
                in view of Nishimura (id. 7);                                                                    
                Claims 11 and 12 as unpatentable over Quinlan and Marx in view of Daly                           
                (id. 8);                                                                                         
                Claim 14 as unpatentable over Quinlan and Marx in view of Jessberger (id.);                      
                                                                                                                
                1  The Examiner cites Jessberger in the listing of references under (8)                          
                Evidence Relied Upon but states that Jessberger is the English translation of                    
                Jessberger et al. WO 01/38059 A1 (Jessberger et al.) (Answer 3 and 8).                           
                Thus, the reference relied on in the fourth ground of rejection is in fact                       
                Jessberger US 2002/0195741 A1 and not Jessberger et al.                                          
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