Appeal No. 2001-0846 Page 6
Application No. 08/797,960
example in Figures 2A-2C, the stretching forces are applied by
the engagement of the housing 24 with the flange 16 while the
clamping forces are applied by the resilient pad 38 and the
flat end 22 of the mandrel 20.
Since all the limitations of the claims under appeal are
disclosed in Trotter for the reasons set forth above, the
decision of the examiner to reject claims 15, 17, 18, 21, 23,
24, 29 to 33 and 35 to 37 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is
reversed.
The obviousness rejection
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fluid flow control valve member, one of said clamping
forces being applied to the first fluid flow control
valve member side while said first fluid flow control
valve member side is stretched and another of said
clamping forces being applied to the second fluid flow
control member side while said second fluid flow control
member side is stretched, and said clamping forces being
applied substantially in the direction of said
predetermined path of relative movement to the first and
second fluid flow control member sides in said interior
area of said fluid flow control valve member immediately
surrounding where said at least one cut is made in said
interior area during said cutting step.
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