Appeal No. 1997-1737 Page 2
Application No. 08/330,168
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention involves a bushing apparatus
and method for making fiber from a molten material such as
molten glass (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims
under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants'
brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Glaser et al. (Glaser) 3,512,948 May 19,
1970
Grubka et al. (Grubka) 4,488,891 Dec. 18,
1984
Fowler 4,740,224 Apr. 26,
1988
Claims 1 to 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Fowler in view of Grubka and Glaser.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the answer (Paper No. 14,
mailed October 29, 1996) for the examiner's complete reasoning
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