Appeal No. 1998-1772 Page 3
Application No. 08/578,047
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a method for casting
a shaped metallic alloy article. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1,
which appears in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Brooks 3,826,301 July 30,
1974
Ashok et al. (Ashok) 5,381,847 Jan. 17,
1995
Sato et al. (Sato) 1-178345 (Japan)3 July 14, 1989
Claims 1, 2, 4, 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Brooks in view of Sato and
Ashok.4
3In determining the teachings of Sato, we will rely on
the translation provided by the PTO. A copy of the
translation is attached for the appellant's convenience.
4This rejection was set forth as a new ground of
rejection in the examiner's answer (Paper No. 16, mailed
October 9, 1997). Since the grounds of rejection set forth in
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