Appeal No. 97-1646
Application 08/080,890
8. An apparatus for reducing the size of block propellant
material comprising a means for remotely positioning a block of
propellant between a cutting means and a means for remotely
causing the cutting means to pass through the block of propellant
thereby creating two or more smaller blocks of propellant.
10. A method of reducing block propellant comprising:
placing a propellant block between a cutting means and a
retaining means, and
remotely causing the block propellant to contact the cutting
means and forcing the cutting means to pass through said block
propellant.
The references applied by the examiner in rejecting the
claims are:
Lamb 3,217,768 Nov. 16, 1965
Costarelli 4,483,226 Nov. 20, 1984
Kühnert et al. 5,386,318 Jan. 31, 1995
(Kühnert) (filed May 12, 1993)
An additional reference, of record, applied in rejections
herein pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.196(b), is:
Nix 4,020,723 May 3, 1977
The claims on appeal stand rejected as follows:
(1) Claims 1 to 6, 8 to 11 and 13, unpatentable for failing to
comply with 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph;
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