Appeal No. 96-0141
Application No. 08/084,097
withdrawn from consideration by the examiner as being drawn to
a nonelected invention (Brief, page 1).
According to appellant, the invention is directed to a
method of manufacturing an integrally molded pointer by a
process comprising a sequential series of specific
manipulative steps (Brief, page 2). Claim 5 is illustrative
of the subject matter on appeal and is reproduced below:
5. A process of manufacturing a pointer by molding a resin
in a mold comprising an upper die having a plurality of
cavities and a lower core die comprising forming a first
molding space with said core die and a first cavity
corresponding to a weight section of said pointer, injecting a
mixture of resin material and metal powder into said first
molding space, forming a second molding space with said core
containing said weight section and a second cavity, and
injecting the resin material into the second molding space
corresponding to an indicating section of said pointer thereby
integrally molding said weight section and said indicating
section of said pointer.
The examiner has relied upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness, in addition to the admitted prior art
cited by appellant on page 3 of the specification:
Linne 4,269,802 May 26, 1981
Patel 4,885,121 Dec. 5, 1989
Hirota et al. (Hirota) 5,167,896 Dec. 1, 1992
Pasco 0 411 799 A1 Feb. 6, 1991
(Published European Patent Application)
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