Appeal No. 1998-3060 Page 2
Application No. 08/703,932
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an apparatus for
forming a heated glass sheet. A substantially correct copy of
the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
appellants' brief. 1
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Kulig et al. 3,826,381 July 30,
1974
(Kulig)
Tsutsui 4,561,688 Dec. 31,
1985
Nitschke et al. 4,661,141 Apr. 28,
1987
(Nitschke '141)
Frank et al. 4,711,653 Dec. 8,
1987
(Frank)
Orain 4,840,657 June 20,
1989
Nitschke 4,877,437 Oct. 31,
1989
(Nitschke '437)
Claims 1, 11, 12/11 and 13 to 16 stand rejected under
1An error in claim 6 was noted by the examiner on page 3
of the answer (Paper No. 23, mailed July 6, 1998).
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