Ex parte GRUBER et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1998-3207                                       Page 3           
          Application No. 08/518,874                                                  


                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The appellants' invention relates to an apparatus for                  
          injection molding a liquid into a plurality of cells in a                   
          plate for solidification therein.  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:                              
          Dreher                   3,470,848                Oct.  7, 1969             
          Bird                          3,735,729                May  29,             
          1973                                                                        
          Timson                   3,749,053                July 31, 1973             
          Norton                   3,797,281                Mar. 19, 1974             
          Pasch et al.             4,140,470                Feb. 20, 1979             
          (Pasch)                                                                     
          Bogardy                  4,968,534                Nov.  6, 1990             
          Wieser                   5,059,112                Oct. 22, 1991             
          Ference et al.           5,244,143                Sep. 14, 1993             
          (Ference)                                                                   



               Claims 1, 3-13 and 18-21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                















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