Ex parte MCCLINTON - Page 3




          Appeal No. 97-1445                                          Page 3           
          Application No. 08/202,254                                                   


                                      BACKGROUND                                       
               The appellant's invention relates to a wall corner                      
          composite comprising at least one curvilinear masonry building               
          unit.  An understanding of the invention can be derived from a               
          reading of exemplary claim 19, which appears in the appendix                 
          to the appellant's brief.                                                    
               The prior art references of record relied upon by the                   
          examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:                               
          Kaplan              4,041,670                 Aug. 16, 1977                  
          Rinninger                4,572,699                 Feb. 25, 1986             
          Gillet              4,769,961                 Sep. 13, 1988                  

               The following rejections are before us for review.                      
               Claims 7, 16, 18 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                  
          § 102(b) as being anticipated by Kaplan.                                     
               Claims 8 through 10, 12 and 20 through 28 stand rejected                
          under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Kaplan.                     
               Claim 17 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                 
          unpatentable over Kaplan in view of Gillet.                                  
               Claims 46 through 56 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103               
          as being unpatentable over Kaplan in view of Rinninger.                      










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