Appeal No. 1997-4387
Application 08/308,963
limited resolution of the CAD drawing program. Therefore, it
is clear to us that appellants have not conveyed possession of
the subject matter of member 7a, as it is now denoted, that
connects platen 4 to mold 7.
Furthermore, it is our view that appellants do not
convey possession of a member 7a that "fixedly secures" the
upper mold to the movable platen as appellants have now
inserted in the specification. Certainly, the drawings do not
convey to one of ordinary skill the manner in which the mold
is connected to the platen. We are also puzzled as to how, if
the mold 7 is fixedly secured to the movable platen, the
convex member allows the upper portion of the metallic mold
to tilt during the clamping operation (Brief, page 6). A
fixed securement appears to be antithetical to tilting.
Furthermore, with respect to claim 15, even if appellants had
provided support within the scope of the jagged diagonal
lines for convexity, it is not clear how appellants have
provided any support for the upper surface of the convex
member to be curved. For these reasons, appellants have not
provided descriptive support for the claim language of claim 1
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