Appeal No. 1996-2218
Application No. 08/154,422
conclude, however, that the function of the seal differs from
that of the claimed subject matter. The seal of Leone in
contrast to the peripheral seal of the claimed subject matter
is in contact with the rigid component, i.e., glass.
Furthermore, its function in the mold is to avoid leakage of
the polymer material from the mold. Although polyurethane
material is thereafter introduced into the mold, it does not
surround an inwardly directed part of the peripheral seal as3
required by the claimed subject matter. It adheres to the 4
preformed sealing gasket. See column 2, lines 30-32.
Based upon the above analysis, the examiner has
presented no rationale as to why one of ordinary skill in the
art would include a resiliently deformable peripheral seal in
a mold as part of the mold core and inject a polymer which is
capable of deforming and reacting with the seal. Nor has any
rationale been presented why a seal which is resiliently
deformable and nonreactive with the injected polymer should be
utilized.
Emphasis ours.3
4Emphasis ours.
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