Appeal No. 1996-1598 Page 2
Application No. 08/206,743
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a continuous casting
apparatus for billets to be rolled. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1,
which appears in the amendment filed October 26, 1996 (Paper
No. 21).
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Goodrich 4,509,580 April 9,
1985
Lazzaro 5,217,060 June 8,
1993
Scholtze et al. 2,029,295 Mar. 19,
1980
(Scholtze) (United Kingdom)
Miyate et al. 3 5-50186 4 March 2,
1993
(Miyate) (Japan)
3The examiner and the appellants have referred to this
reference as Showa (referring to the applicant Showa Aluminum
Corp.). We will refer to this reference by utilizing the name
of the first named inventor as is the custom in the Patent and
Trademark Office.
4In determining the teachings of Miyate, we will rely on
the translation of record provided by the PTO.
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