Appeal No. 1999-2114
Application 08/821,711
applying sufficient force to the particulate
material to compress the material into a block
within the compression chamber; and
sliding the gate across an upper surface of the
block at a rate of about 0.1 to 1.0 meter per second to smooth
said upper surface.
The prior art references of record relied upon by
the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Stout 1,822,939 Sept. 15, 1931
British Patent Specification 1 367 215 Sept. 18, 1974
(BPS ‘215)
Claims 13-15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by BPS ‘215.
Claims 13-16, 20 and 21 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over BPS ‘215.
Claims 17-19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over BPS ‘215 in view of Stout.
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