Appeal No. 1999-1036
Application No. 08/644,523
The appellant's invention is directed to a shear
reinforcement system for embedding in a slab floor. The
subject matter before us on appeal is illustrated by reference
to claim 1, which reads as follows:
1. A shear reinforcement system for embedding in a slab
floor, said system comprising:
elongate shear reinforcement members positioned
transverse to a plane of a slab floor;
at least one securing element fixedly securing said
elongate shear reinforcement members;
said at least one securing element extending transverse
to said elongate shear reinforcement members and parallel to
the plane of the slab floor, wherein said at least one
securing element is an elongate rail, having a U-shaped cross-
section with sidewalls, receiving a plurality of said elongate
shear reinforcement members;
wherein said elongate shear reinforcement members are
bolts having a first and a second end and wherein at least
said first end has a head;
said heads inserted into said rail and positive-lockingly
and non-displaceably secured by said rail by bending wall
portions of said sidewalls inwardly behind said heads.
THE REJECTION1
Claims 1, 4-22, 26 and 29-34 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as being indefinite for
1Rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) and 35 U.S.C. § 103
were overcome by an amendment under 37 CFR § 1.116.
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