In re Cole

Three of the four claims here involved (Nos. 21, 22, and 24) are method claims relating to “ Improvements in tire molds and their manufacture.” . The fourth, Ho. 26, is for the article.

All were disallowed by the examiner, whose decision was affirmed by the Board of Appeals. Appeal ivas then taken to this court. Claims 21, 22, and 24 read as follows:

21. The method of forming a tire mold side piece of laterally hollowed annular mold contour by hot die-pressing in the axial direction a metal blank of substantially less radial dimension of metal than the piece to be formed, and not substantially…