Appeal No. 96-1597 Page 5
Application No. 08/152,523
ordinary skill in the art to modify Salkeld to meet the terms
of claim 1 in view of Matsunaga (Paper No. 8, pages 2 and 3).
In response to the appellant’s argument that the step recited
above is not taught by either reference, the examiner has
stated that since the Matsunaga drawing shows that the bottom
surface of the heating chamber is in contact with the
insulating layer atop the quenching metal bath,
it would have been obvious to provide a movable
support for the heating chamber such that the
position of the bottom opening can be adjusted in
according [sic, accordance] with the bath level
(Paper No. 8, page 4).
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