Appeal No. 96-2640
Application No. 08/068,273
1, part (b)(i)) or (II) "compression means, operable
independently of said clamping means, . . . [etc.]" (claim 1,
part (d)).
With regard to argument (I), the examiner identifies
Copeland’s sleeve 16 as the "lower hollow cylinder" and
elements 23, 60 and 20 as the "lower mold die," which is
aligned with the upper mold die by spigot 29 having a mating
fit in the socket. However, as appellant points out,
Copeland’s "lower hollow cylinder" 29 does not have "an
interior bore of constant diameter which receives the upper
core with a mating fit," because the "upper core" (11) is not
even received within the bore of cylinder 29, as shown in
Fig.2 of Copeland. The examiner responds that Copeland’s
element 29 inserts into an indentation in element 10 (answer,
page 18), but element 10 is not an upper core, nor is it
received in an interior bore of cylinder 29, as required by
claim 1. Therefore, Copeland does not meet part(b)(i) of
claim 1.
As for argument (II), we agree with appellant that
Copeland’s "clamping means" and "compression means" do not
operate independently, because the same downward movement of
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