Appeal No. 2002-2092
Application 09/328,467
For the above reasons, we will not sustain the examiner’s
rejection of claims 1 through 4 and 7 through 10 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) based on Passaniti in view of Georgopoulos.
The next rejection for our review is that of claims 5 and 6
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Yamaguchi in
view of Passaniti. Appellants’ independent claim 5 reads as
follows:
5. A method of molding a gasket using a mold assembly which
comprises:
assembling a male and female mold, which when assembled
define spaces into which a resin is filled to mold a gasket,
said spaces comprising:
a cylindrical space
a disc-shaped space positioned along the outer circumference
of the cylindrical space;
a curved space contiguous to the outer circumference of the
disc-shaped space; and
a narrow space resulted from a projection formed on the male
mold between the cylindrical and disc-shaped spaces, the
projection being chamfered or curved at a side thereof facing the
cylindrical space and directed downward in the direction of the
female mold:
the male mold having formed therein an injection gate open
at the top of the cylindrical space; and
at least any one of an ejector sleeve formed on the female
mold at the bottom of the cylindrical space and an ejector pin
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