Appeal No. 2001-1982
Application 08/892,716
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to a front case for monitors having
injection molding gate landings on a cathode ray tube (CRT)
seating surface. Each gate landing is recessed so that the gate
flash is fully recessed below the seating surface to avoid an
interference between the gate flash and the CRT. This removes an
extra flash grinding step in the manufacturing process.
Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. A front case for monitors, comprising:
a gate landing formed on a CRT seating surface of said
front case at a position around a gate flash remaining on
the case due to a gate of an injection mold used in an
injection molding process of the case, said gate landing
being depressed to a depth suitable for fully recessing the
gate flash and avoiding an interference between the gate
flash and a cathode ray tube.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Boudreau et al. (Boudreau) 5,565,934 October 15, 1996
(filed February 5, 1992)
Arai et al. (Arai) 5,591,385 January 7, 1997
(filed December 21, 1994)
Claims 1-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Boudreau and Arai. The rejection is set forth
in the second Office action (Paper No. 7).
We refer to the Office action (Paper No. 7), the final
rejection (Paper No. 9), and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 19)
for a statement of the examiner's rejection, and to the appeal
brief (Paper No. 18) (pages referred to as "Br__") and reply
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