Appeal No. 2001-0257 Page 2
Application No. 08/927,412
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a movable upper tool
for separation of blanks from a die-cut sheet. A copy of the
claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the
appellants' brief.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Varidel et al. (Varidel) 5,353,978 Oct. 11,
1994
Claims 2, 3, 8, 14, 16 to 19, 21 and 22 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by or, in the
alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Varidel.
Claims 5, 10, 20 and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Varidel.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the final rejection (Paper
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