Appeal No. 1998-1822 Page 3
Application No. 08/627,213
following said preheating step, conforming
said partially cured partially cured perforated
article with an elastomeric surface of a tool,
which may be said tool surface, with a mold
release material lying between said surface of
said article and said elastomeric surface;
providing a vacuum about said conformed
partially cured perforated article, and heating
said conformed partially cured perforated
article to generate a cured perforated article.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Harrier 3,704,194 Nov. 28,
1972
Pratt et al. (Pratt) 3,787,546 Jan. 22,
1974
Savigny 5,242,652 Sep. 07,
1993
Claims 11-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph as being indefinite for failing to particularly
point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which
applicant regards as the invention. Claims 1, 2 and 5-14
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Pratt in view of Harrier. Claims 3 and 4 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Pratt in view
of Harrier and Savigny.
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