Appeal No. 1996-2637
Application No. 08/190,566
U.S.C. § 103 over the combined disclosures of either Bielfeldt
or Dannels and Mafilios.
We turn next to the examiner’s § 103 rejection of claims
4 through 14 as unpatentable over Takahashi and Sors. As
indicated supra, providing peripheral vents large enough to
permit the escape of gases and volatile, but small enough to
prevent excessive bleeding of resin material, in the mold used
in the molding process of Takahashi would have been obvious to
one of ordinary skill in the art. However, the combined
teachings of the applied prior art references would not result
in the claimed subject matter, for they do not teach, nor
would have suggested the claimed distance L. Contrary to the
examiner’s finding at page 8 of the Answer, the gap (t -t)
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described in Takahashi does not suggest the claimed distance L
which is defined as a portion of a flange on a female mold
portion, which overhangs sidewalls of a male mold portion.
Accordingly, we reverse this § 103 rejection as well.
In view of the foregoing, the decision of the examiner is
reversed.
REVERSED
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