Ex parte DAVIS - Page 5




          Appeal No. 1997-4087                                       Page 5           
          Application No. 08/298,375                                                  


          Regarding claims 7, 8, 9, and 10, he makes the following,                   
          similar argument.  "Nor does either reference disclose causing              
          portions of the adhesive to flow into the openings in the                   
          orifice plate and body portion, and increasing the total                    
          contact area of the adhesive material with both the orifice                 
          plate and the body portion."  (Id. at 19.)                                  
          Regarding claims 13-17, the appellant makes the following,                  
          similar argument.                                                           
               Myers does not disclose a structure wherein two                        
               adhesively intersecured elements have adhesive                         
               receiving openings formed in each of them, wherein                     
               ... adhesive material extends into the adhesive                        
               receiving openings in both of the two elements.                        
               Additionally, no combination of the art discussed on                   
               pages 1-2 of the present specification and the Myers                   
               reference disclosure meets these limitations.  (Id.                    
               at 8.)                                                                 
          Regarding claims 18 and 19, the appellant makes the following,              
          similar argument.  "Nor does either reference disclose causing              
          portions of the adhesive to flow into the openings in the                   
          orifice plate and body portion, and increasing the total                    
          contact area of the adhesive material with both the orifice                 
          plate and the body portion."  (Id. at 23-24.)                               


               The examiner’s reply follows.                                          







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