Appeal No. 2003-1657 Page 2
Application No. 09/554,319
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a method and apparatus for hard machining
a hardened workpiece (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:
Rescigno 5,346,336 Sep. 13, 1994
Bailey 5,761,976 June 9, 1998
The appellants' admission of prior art (Figures 1-3; specification, pages 4-51) relating to
a conventional hard turning operation (Admitted Prior Art).
Claims 2 to 5, 7 to 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18 to 23, 25, 26, 29, 30 and 35 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the Admitted Prior Art in
view of Bailey.
1 In the non-final rejection (Paper No. 10), the examiner incorrectly referred to pages 1 and 2 of
the specification for the discussion of the Admitted Prior Art.
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