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.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007