Appeal No. 1999-2461
Application No. 08/818,695
the panels. According to appellants, the disposition of the
indentations at 60E allows venting no matter how the foam
panels are cut and pieced together. Accordingly, it is clear
that appellants' claimed arrangement of indentations solves a
stated problem in the art of making composite panels.
Therefore, we must hold that appellants' specifically claimed
arrangement of indentations would not have been obvious as a
matter of ordinary design.
We have further considered the other applied prior art
and find therein no teaching or suggestion that would
ameliorate the shortcomings of the § 103 rejection based on
Rohn alone. Consequently, the examiner has not established a
prima facie case of obviousness. All rejections on appeal are
reversed.
REVERSED
IRWIN CHARLES COHEN )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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