Appeal No. 1998-1289 Application 07/906,492 of the claims pending in the application. We affirm-in- 1 part. THE INVENTION The invention relates to “a method for producing a full face wheel wherein a dual rim preform is produced by known rim rolling techniques and the rolled preform is split to produce two rims for use in producing wheels” (specification, page 4). Claims 24 and 31 are illustrative and read as follows:2 24. A method of producing a wheel for mounting a tire having two sealing beads, said method comprising the steps of: (1) forming a double rim member having a sealing bead seat at both axial ends and a double well portion at a center position; 1 Claims 34 and 35 have been amended subsequent to final rejection. 2 The record (see, for example, Paper No. 5) indicates that claims 24 and 25 were added to the instant application to provoke an interference with U.S. Patent No. 5,027,508 to Cissell II. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007