Appeal 2006-2998
Application 09/956,524
surface of said male mold is curved in a first direction and in a second
direction transverse to said first direction;
said male mold including a plurality of heating elements
disposed through said male mold; and
each of said heating elements being disposed to substantially
follow said contoured shape of said pressing surface to maintain a
substantially constant distance from said pressing surface of said male
mold.
Claims 1 through 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 1
(written description).
Claims 1, 2, 5 to 8, 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Flaugher.
Claims 3 and 9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Flaugher in view of Pickard.
Claims 4 and 5 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Flaugher in view of Woodward.
To the extent that the commonly rejected claims have been separately
argued, they will be individually considered in our assessment of the
respective rejections advanced on this appeal. See In re Dance, 160 F.3d
1339, 1340 n.2, 48 USPQ2d 1635, 1636 n.2 (Fed. Cir. 1998). Also see 37
C.F.R. § 41.37(c)(1)(vii)(Sep. 2004).
The Examiner relies upon the following references as evidence of
unpatentability:
Pickard US 3,753,673 Aug. 21, 1973
Flaugher US 5,346,526 Sep. 13, 1994
Woodward US 5,755,845 May 26, 1998
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