Appeal No. 97-1952
Application 08/289,068
These
claims relate to electrical line means mounted on the frame
for providing power to locations on the frame, water line
means mounted on the frame, control line means on the frame
for transporting control signals to and from said equipment
panels, and a conduit for housing said electrical, water and
control line means. Given a collective evaluation of the
teachings found in McMurtrie (col. 7, lines 30-34) concerning
the frame being adapted to “support, receive or house all of
the fixtures and associated components such as piping ...
lighting fixtures, heating and cooling units, and electrical
components such as wiring and switches,” and in Chiaramonte
regarding electrical, water and control line means for a
bathroom facility being housed in conduits (e.g., 2, 3, 4, 5,
6 and 22), we must agree with the examiner that the subject
mater of claims 3, 4, 7 through 9, 12, 14 and 35 through 37 on
appeal would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the
art at the time of appellant’s invention. Accordingly, the
examiner’s rejection of claims 3, 4, 7 through 9, 12, 14 and
35 through 37 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
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