Appeal No. 1999-0272 Page 2
Application No. 08/605,212
We AFFIRM-IN-PART.
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an apparatus for the
severing of glass gobs from one or more strands of molten
glass (claims 7, 8, 10, 12 and 14); an apparatus for severing
glass gobs from at least one strand of molten glass (claims
16, 17, 18 and 22); and an apparatus for moving at least one
pair of cooperating shear blades to sever glass gobs from at
least one strand of molten glass (claims 24 and 25). 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:
Ward, Jr. (Ward) 4,015,967 April 5,
1977
Gurevich et al. (Gurevich) SU 1435548 2 Nov. 7, 1988
2In determining the teachings of Gurevich, we will rely
on the translation provided by the USPTO. A copy of the
translation is attached for the appellants' convenience.
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