Appeal 2007-1488
Application 10/809,072
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2 3. Applicants’ Figure 1 is said to depict an investment casting
3 system 10, wherein relevant reference numerals 28, 30, 32, 34,
4 and 36 denote a mold cavity, a grain selector, a seed crystal
5 starter cavity, a seed crystal, and a grain selector support,
6 respectively. (Specification, [0023].)
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8 Rejection I: Monte ‘468 or Monte ‘469, Each in View of Burd
9 4. The Examiner found that each of Monte ‘468 and Monte ‘469
10 describes the claimed invention “except that the configuration
11 of their grain selector is different from that...claimed.” (Answer
12 3.)
13 5. Applicants do not contest the Examiner’s finding in this regard.
14 6. Specifically, the crystal (grain) selector described in Monte
15 ‘468 or Monte ‘469 does not include “a non-linear tubular
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