Appeal No. 1996-4167 Page 2
Application No. 08/324,369
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a filter-replacement cassette for an extruder
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to
the appellants' brief.
The prior art of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims is:
Shirato et al. (Shirato) 4,167,384 Sep. 11, 1979
Konno et al. (Konno) 4,416,605 Nov. 22, 1983
Gaul, Jr. (Gaul) 4,507,072 Mar. 26, 1985
Lin DE-GM 90 11 605.4 Nov. 22, 19903
In addition, the examiner also relied upon the appellants' admission of prior art
(specification, page 1, lines 16 to 20) relating to a filter-replacement cassette (Admitted
Prior Art).
Claims 6, 9, 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over anyone of Shirato, Lin and the Admitted Prior Art in view of either
Konno or Gaul.
3 In determining the teachings of Lin, we will rely on the translation provided by the USPTO. A
copy of the translation is attached for the appellants' convenience.
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