Appeal No. 1999-0193
Application 08/552,174
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner with
regard to the merits of this rejection.1
DISCUSSION
Wilfert, the examiner’s primary reference, discloses a
light sheet metal panel 1 joined to sheet metal structural
parts 2, 4, 5 and 6 by steel cup-like members 8 inserted into
holes in the
panel 1 and welded to the structural parts 2, 4, 5 and 6 (see
Figures 2 and 3). The light sheet metal panel 1, the sheet
metal structural parts 2, 4, 5 and 6, and the steel cup-like
members 8 generally correspond, respectively, to the light
sheet metal component, the sheet-steel component, and the hat-
shaped clip part recited in claims 1 and 7. As conceded by
the examiner (see page 4 in the answer), however, Wilfert does
not respond to the limitations in these claims pertaining to
the raised/offset portions of the clip part, the gap between
the raised/offset portions and the light sheet metal
component, and the adhesive in the gap.
1In the final rejection (Paper No. 27), claims 1 through
10 also stood rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Wilfert in view of U.S. Patent No. 3,512,224
to Newton. Upon reconsideration (see page 3 in the answer),
the examiner has withdrawn this rejection.
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