Appeal No. 1998-2026
Application No. 08/508,738
reversed.
The rejection based upon the German reference
We affirm the rejection of claim 6 under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b) as being anticipated by the German reference. It
follows that the rejection of claim 7 is likewise affirmed
since this claim stands or falls with claim 6, as indicated
above.
From appellant’s perspective (brief, pages 7 through 9),
the German reference does not disclose a means for biasing a
counterpressure means toward a discharge end of a compression
chamber to apply a controlled counterpressure to the material
being compressed, since the door or floor 4 (bottom) of the
grape press is merely locked in a closed position and does not
provide the capability of performing a semi-stationary
compressing function in which a blocking plug of compacted
dust is permitted to move in a controlled manner. We disagree
for the following reasons.
In our opinion, one having ordinary skill in the art
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