Appeal No. 2002-1677 Page 2
Application No. 08/944,817
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to flanges for connecting piping to various
components such as pumps, valves, tanks, heat exchangers and so forth (specification,
p. 2). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's
brief.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Calvin 5,188,396 Feb. 23, 1993
Claims 1 to 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as
being incomplete.
Claims 1 to 3, 6 to 9 and 14 to 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Calvin.
Claims 4, 5, 10 and 11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Calvin.
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