Appeal No. 2005-1413
Application No. 09/935,983
and a mold portion cavity, with several mold blanks defining
corresponding differently shaped mold cavities, with the mold
blank inserted into the mold blank recess, and the mold blank
recess and the mold portion cavity together forming a unified
molding cavity for molding the key fob (Brief, page 5). The sole
claim on appeal is reproduced below:
5. An injection molding machine comprising:
an injection mold having a mold portion defining a mold
blank recess and a mold portion cavity, the mold portion
cavity being adapted to mold an extending tab of a key fob
and the mold blank cavity being adapted to accept a mold
blank, to mold a base portion integrally of the key fob;
a plurality of mold blanks, each defining a mold blank
cavity of varying size and shape, and provided for selective
molding of a base portion of the key fob integrally with its
extending tab of the size and shape from the selected mold
blank cavity;
wherein the mold blank recess is adapted to accept one
of a plurality of said mold blanks, the mold blank cavity
and the mold portion cavity together forming a unified
molding cavity for molding the integral key fob; and
wherein the unified molding cavity is adapted to
receive a melted polymer to form the one-piece integral key
fob.
The examiner relies on Hendrickson et al. (Hendrickson),
U.S. Patent No. 6,328,552 B1, issued Dec. 11, 2001, as the sole
evidence of obviousness. Accordingly, claim 5 stands rejected
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