Appeal No. 2001-0786
Application No. 09/089,575
a die baseplate forming a die inlet face, the inlet face
comprising a plurality of baseplate feedholes extending into the
baseplate; and
a compound feed section positioned within or between the
baseplate and the die body, the compound feed section
incorporating feed conduits having (i) inlets connecting with the
baseplate feedholes, (ii) outlets connecting with the body
feedholes, and (iii) being angled away from the flow axes of the
baseplate feedholes over at least a portion of their length;
the baseplate feedholes having a diameter larger than the body
feedholes, the number of body feedholes substantially exceeding
the number of baseplate feedholes, and each baseplate feedhole
being connected by the branching feed conduits to multiple body
feedholes.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Duerr et al. (Duerr) 4,465,454 Aug. 14, 1984
Kragle et al. (Kragle) 5,702,659 Dec. 30, 1997
The following rejections are at issue in this appeal:
(1) Claim 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
anticipated by Duerr.
(2) Claims 2-4 and 8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as unpatentable over Duerr in view of Kragle.
Grouping of claims
For purposes of this appeal, appellant groups the claims as
follows (Brief, p. 5):
(1) Group 1 consisting of claim 1; and
(2) Group 2 consisting of claims 2-4 and 8.
Therefore, the patentability of claim 1 stands or falls
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