Appeal No. 2006-0010 Page 16
Application No. 10/170,538
feeding pipe or why it would have been obvious to insert the pipe into the metal melt a
distance which would correspond to the specified formula. Thus, the Examiner has
failed to establish a prima facie case. The rejection of claims 33-36, 38, 59 and 63 over
Jin >358 is reversed.
CONCLUSION
The rejections under ' 102 of claims 65, 67 and 68 over the Kenny, Jin >324 and
Jin >358 references are reversed. The ' 102 rejections of claims 64 and 66 over the
Kenny, Jin >324 and Jin >358 references are affirmed. The ' 103 rejection over Sang
and the ' 103 rejection of claims 33-36, 38, 59 and 63 over Jin >358 are reversed. The
' 103 rejection of claims 21-32, 37, 39-58 and 60-62 over Jin >358 is affirmed.
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