Appeal No. 2000-0533
Application No. 08/821,508
Reference is made to the brief (Paper No. 29) and the
answer (Paper No. 30) for the respective positions of the
appellants and the examiner with regard to the merits of this
rejection.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellants' specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellants and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determinations which follow.
Independent claim 60 recites the steps of:
(1) flaring a first end of a conduit radially outward from an
axial extent with a distal end portion extending radially
inward by axially pressing a tool into the first end of the
conduit;
(2) bending the distal end portion inward on itself to form
exterior and inner substantially parallel flanges, an exterior
conical surface formed on the outer flange and an inner
conical surface formed on the inner flange; and
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