Appeal No. 97-1035
Application 08/217,657
The invention relates to high speed flying shears for
cutting rolled stock issuing from a rolling mill stand. A
copy of the claims on appeal appears in the appendix to the
appellant’s main brief (Paper No. 15).
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Willard 3,478,654 Nov. 18, 1969
Elsner et al. (Elsner) 4,176,535 Dec. 4, 1979
Duri 4,644,773 Feb. 24, 1987
Poloni 4,966,060 Oct. 30, 1990
The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
follows:3
a) claims 2 and 5 through 8 as being unpatentable over
Poloni in view of Elsner;
b) claim 3 as being unpatentable over Poloni in view of
Elsner, and further in view of Willard; and
c) claims 9 and 10 as being unpatentable over Poloni in
view of Elsner, and further in view of Duri.
Reference is made to the appellant’s main and reply
3 The examiner has withdrawn the 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, rejection which was set forth in the final
rejection (see the advisory action dated March 28, 1996, Paper
No. 12).
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