Ex parte REINHARDT et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 2000-0210                                       Page 2           
          Application No. 08/893,906                                                  


                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The appellants' invention relates to a process for                     
          manufacturing a radial shaft-sealing ring.  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:                              
          Marquette                     1,519,547                     Dec.            
          16, 1924                                                                    
          Paykin                   5,326,112                     July  5,             
          1994                                                                        



               Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first                   
          paragraph, as containing subject matter which was not                       
          described in the specification in such a way as to enable one               
          skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is                
          most nearly connected, to make and/or use the invention.                    


               Claim 9 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being              
          anticipated by Paykin.                                                      









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