Ex parte PACZONAY - Page 3




          Appeal No. 2001-0846                                       Page 3           
          Application No. 08/797,960                                                  


                                     BACKGROUND                                       
               The appellant's invention relates to the manufacture of                
          resilient workpieces (specification, p. 1).  A copy of the                  
          claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the                     
          appellant's original brief (Paper No. 20, filed July 20,                    
          2000).                                                                      


               The prior art references of record relied upon by the                  
          examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:                              
          Trotter                  2,219,604                     Oct. 29,             
          1940                                                                        
          Lane                          3,532,016                     Oct.            
          6, 1970                                                                     



               Claims 15, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 29 to 33 and 35 to 37                   
          stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated                
          by Trotter.                                                                 


               Claims 15, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 29 to 33 and 35 to 37                   
          stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable                  
          over Trotter in view of Lane.                                               









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