Appeal No. 97-1019
Application 08/063,463
positioned open foot area thereof disposed above said
raceway and communicating therewith, and a utility
channel shaped to retain at least one utility conduit
therein, having an outwardly oriented open face into
which utility conduits can be inserted from an exterior
side of said utility post, and extending continuously
between and communicating with an associated utility
outlet and the open area of said foot, whereby
utilities are readily provided at the workstations by
pulling utility conduits from the raceway of said floor
construction, through the open foot areas of said utility
posts, and laying the utility conduits into said utility
channels of said utility posts by insertion into the open
faces thereof to locations adjacent said utility outlets for
connection therewith.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Jorgensen et al. (Jorgensen) 4,040,755 Aug. 09, 1977
Augis et al. (Augis) 4,124,324 Nov. 07, 1978
Propst et al. (Propst) 4,257,203 Mar. 24, 1981
Stephens 4,296,574 Oct. 27, 1981
Weissenbach et al. (Weissenbach) 4,863,223 Sep. 05, 1989
Claims 1-10, 19-25, 27, 34, 35, 51, 52 and 57 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Stephens in view
of Weissenbach and Propst.
Claims 27-31 and 58-68 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Stephens in view of Weissenbach,
Propst and either Augis or Jorgensen.
With respect to the rejection of claims 1-10, 19-25, 27, 34,
35, 51, 52 and 57 based on the combined teachings of Stephens,
Weissenbach and Propst, the answer states that:
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