Appeal No. 1996-2972 Page 3
Application No. 07/928,784
3. The process of Claim 1, including a mold closing
device for each of said first and second molds for applying an
intermediate pressure, lower than a pressure applied by said
press in said pressing station, to the respective mold,
including the step of applying said intermediate pressure
during said moving step.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Strauss 2,864,124 Dec. 16,
1958
Huckvale 2 039 463, Aug. 13, 1980
(United Kingdom)
Admitted prior art, (Appellants' specification, pages 1 and 2)
Claims 1, 3-6, 13-17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
112, second paragraph as being indefinite for failure to
particularly point out and distinctly claim that which
applicants regard as invention. Claims 1, 3-6, and 13-17
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Huckvale in view of the admitted prior art at pages 1 and
2 of appellants' specification and Strauss.
OPINION
We refer to the appellants' briefs and to the answer for
the opposing viewpoints expressed by the appellants and the
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