Appeal 2007-1934
Application 09/993,443
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4 Larsen or Anguera ‘395
5 9. The Examiner found that both Larsen and Anguera ‘395 describe
6 boards having the claimed cross sectional shape to enable their use for
7 scaffolding and a walking surface (Rejection 2 and Answer 4).
8 10. Larsen describes a walkway made up of a plurality of wooden
9 boards (Larsen translation 1).
10 11. Anguera ‘395 describes a walking surface, or floor panel made up
11 of a plurality of wooden boards (Anguera ‘395, col.2:49-53).
12 12. Anguera ‘395 shows in Fig. 1 a plurality of wooden boards in side
13 by side relationship, where the height of each individual wooden board is the
14 smallest dimension of each of the boards (see also Anguera ‘395, col. 3:1-3).
15 Lewis
16 13. The Examiner found that Lewis describes a method of locating
17 the drilling and pin axes in an aligned manner (Rejection 2 and Answer 4).
18 14. Lewis describes the drill and dowel pin axes in a substantially
19 aligned manner for drilling and pinning a plurality of wooden boards
20 (crossties) (Lewis, col. 3:10-15, col. 3:59-67 and Fig. 2).
21 Anglehart
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