Appeal 2007-0505
Application 10/402,476
1. A method of producing a molded article comprising the steps of:
a. positioning an insert in a first mold;
b. filing the first mold with a first material to form a lost core
assembly, wherein the insert is molded into the lost core assembly;
c. inserting the lost core assembly into a second mold;
d. filling the second mold with a second material to form a plastic
article containing the lost core assembly and completely covering an outer
surface of the insert with the second material; and
e. removing the first material to form a cavity including the insert,
wherein the insert defines a portion of a surface of the cavity.
The Examiner relies on the evidence in these references:
Quinlan US 4,743,481 May 10, 1988
Hager US 5,614,143 Mar. 25, 1997
Daly EP 1 065 353 A1 Jan. 3, 2001
Nishimura JP P2001-62845A Mar. 13, 2001
Jessberger1 US 2002/0195741 A1 Dec. 26, 2002
Marx US 6,547,210 B1 Apr. 15, 2003
Appellant requests review of the following grounds of rejection under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) advanced on appeal (Br. 4-5):
Claims 1, 3 through 10, 13, 15, 16, and 18 as unpatentable over Quinlan in
view of Marx (Answer 3);
Claim 2 as unpatentable over Quinlan and Marx in view of Daly and further
in view of Nishimura (id. 7);
Claims 11 and 12 as unpatentable over Quinlan and Marx in view of Daly
(id. 8);
Claim 14 as unpatentable over Quinlan and Marx in view of Jessberger (id.);
1 The Examiner cites Jessberger in the listing of references under (8)
Evidence Relied Upon but states that Jessberger is the English translation of
Jessberger et al. WO 01/38059 A1 (Jessberger et al.) (Answer 3 and 8).
Thus, the reference relied on in the fourth ground of rejection is in fact
Jessberger US 2002/0195741 A1 and not Jessberger et al.
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