Appeal No. 2006-0004 Παγε 2
Application No. 09/497,359
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to elevators and, more specifically, to an
elevator system structural support for providing reaction forces to bolt tension and
moment forces associated with elevator components attached to a building structure
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to
the appellants' brief.
Claims 1 to 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
U.S. Patent No. 5,899,300 to Miller et al. (Miller) in view of U.S. Patent No. 3,395,777 to
Rodosta.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the answer
(mailed March 22, 2005) for the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the
rejection, and to the brief (filed March 17, 2004) and reply brief (filed May 26, 2005) for
the appellants' arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellants' specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
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