Appeal No. 2002-2148 Page 2
Application No. 09/627,143
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a metallic article including an integral end or
tip portion subject to damage such as cracking (specification, p. 1). A copy of the
claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Sue et al. (Sue) 4,839,245 June 13, 1989
Mannava et al. (Mannava) 5,620,307 Apr. 15, 1997
Prevey, III 5,826,453 Oct. 27, 1998
Claims 1, 2 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated
by Mannava.
Claims 3 to 7 and 9 to 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Mannava in view of Sue.
Claims 14 to 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Mannava in view of Prevey.
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