Appeal No. 1997-4111 Page 3
Application No. 08/540,947
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to molds, particularly
for the molding of tires (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:
Cain et al. (Cain) 4,795,331 Jan. 3,
1989
Bartley 5,283,022 Feb. 1,
1994
Espie et al. (Espie) 5,382,402 Jan. 17,
1995
Claims 1, 3, 4 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
112, first paragraph, as containing subject matter which was
not described in the specification in such a way as to
reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the
appellants, at the time the application was filed, had
possession of the claimed invention.
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