Appeal No. 2000-1000
Application No. 08/392,062
a mold insert and to a clamping insert for a self-clamping
liquid barrier dam assembly that mounts into a liquid conduit
groove of a mold insert. A basic appreciation of the
invention can be obtained from a reading of exemplary claims
20 and 26, respective copies of which appear in the APPENDIX
to the revised brief filed March 8, 1999 (Paper No. 29).
The rejection that follows is the sole rejection on
appeal.
Claims 20 through 31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
112, first paragraph, as being founded upon a specification
which lacks descriptive support for the claimed invention.
The examiner’s rejection and response to the argument
made by appellant is set forth in the answer (Paper No. 30),
while the full text of appellant’s argument can be found on
pages 5 through 9 of the revised brief (Paper No. 29).1
1The examiner makes it clear that the first paragraph
rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112 addresses the description
requirement alone (answer, page 4). On the other hand,
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