Appeal No. 96-0561
Application 08/055,584
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's
final rejection of claims 1 through 7 and 9 through 21.
Claims 22 through 33, the only other claims remaining in the
application, stand withdrawn from further consideration under
37 CFR § 1.142(b). Claim 8 has been canceled.
Appellant's invention relates to a mandrel assembly
that, as disclosed, is used for enlarging the cross-sectional
area of a passage formed in an elastomeric work piece such as
a seal, sleeve, or grommet. Claim 1 is representative of the
subject matter on appeal and a copy thereof, as it appears in
the Appendix to appellant's brief, is attached to this decision.
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner
in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Rossmann 2,321,518 June 8, 1943
Hirmer 680,232 Aug. 3, 1939
(German Patent)2
2A translation of this German language document prepared
for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is attached to this
decision.
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