Ex parte DOMBKOWSKI - Page 6




          Appeal No. 1998-2037                                                        
          Application No. 08/642,850                                                  


          construe them (see In re Bond, 910 F.2d 831, 833, 15 USPQ2d                 
          1566, 1567 (Fed. Cir. 1990), Specialty Composites v. Cabot                  
          Corp., 845 F.2d 981, 986, 6 USPQ2d 1601, 1604 (Fed. Cir. 1988)              
          and In re Sneed, 710 F.2d 1544, 1548, 218 USPQ 385, 388 (Fed.               
          Cir. 1983)).  Here, the meaning given by the examiner to the                
          term "two-piece arcuate die plate" is inconsistent with both                
          the appellant's specification and the reference, each of which              
          describes the die plate or board as the element on which the                
          cutting rule is mounted.  The rule segments [10] disclosed by               
          de Lanauze are used to form a cutting rule which, in turn, is               
          mounted on a die plate or board.  We can think of no                        
          circumstances under which the artisan, consistent with the                  
          appellant's specification, would construe two interconnected                
          rule segments [10] as disclosed by de Lanauze to correspond to              
          the claimed "two-piece arcuate die plate."                                  
               In view of the above, we agree with the appellant (brief,              
          pages 8-11) that de Lanauze fails to show the combination of                
          (a)                                                                         
          a two-piece arcuate die plate having confrontable edges                     
          mounted                                                                     


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