Appeal No. 1998-2416
Application 08/586,807
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a machine tool enclosure
designed to facilitate a controlled machining environment. A
copy of the appealed claims appears in the appendix to the
appellants’ brief (Paper No. 11).
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Todd et al. (Todd) 2,182,952 Dec. 12,
1939
Zimmermann 2,330,168 Sep. 21,
1943
Roberts et al. (Roberts) 2,907,200 Oct. 6,
1959
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 through 12, 15, 16, 21, 22 and 26
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Todd in view of Zimmermann.
Claims 15 and 16 also stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Todd in view of
Zimmermann and Roberts.
Attention is directed to the appellants’ brief (Paper No.
11) and to the examiner’s final rejection and answer (Paper
2
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