Appeal No. 2005-1435
Application No. 09/906,564
allowing cooling of said molten resin to solidify into
a preform having one or more appendages formed by a
solidifed stream of resin; and
preparing a decorative article from said preform.
PRIOR ART REFERENCES
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner are:
Lanyon, Jr. (Lanyon) Des. 21,497 Apr. 26, 1892
Ito et al. (Ito) 5,505,606 Apr. 9, 1996
Kastl et al. (Kastl) 6,103,173 Aug. 15, 2000
(filed Jun. 16, 1998)
THE 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) REJECTIONS
The appealed claims stand rejected as follows2:
1) Claims 1 through 3, 5, 6, 8, 11 and 12 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as unpatentable over the combined disclosures of
Ito and Lanyon; and
2) Claims 4, 6, 9, 10 and 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Ito, Lanyon
and Kastl.
OPINION
We have carefully reviewed the claims, specification and
prior art, including all of the arguments advanced by both the
examiner and the appellant in support of their respective
2 See the Answer, pages 3-5 and the Brief, page 5.
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