Appeal No. 1997-2251
Application 8/251,385
Claims 1 and 5
Miller discloses a method for injection molding a
threaded bottle cap (12) having a reclosure element (20)
attached to a threaded annular skirt (13) of the cap by a web
(22).
As pointed out by appellants (brief, page 6), when
Miller’s mold is opened, the entire molded article is in one
side of the mold as shown in figure 3. The examiner argues
that the reclosure element is formed on one side of the mold
and the threaded annular skirt is formed on the other side
(answer, page 7). Even if this argument is correct, it is not
persuasive because claims 1 and 5 require that when the first
and second mold parts are separated, the head of the cable tie
is in the first mold part and the portion of the tip in the
tip region is in the second mold part. The examiner has not
pointed out, and we do not find, such a step in Miller. The
examiner’s statement that “[t]he mold is opened for removal of
the article where in [sic, wherein] the top is in one mold
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