Appeal No. 96-1293
Application 07/998,673
preclude the possibility that the building structure therein may
be placed on a prepared site where there is a pre-poured concrete
foundation to support the building structure as is taught and
suggested in Patena.
With regard to dependent claim 19 and the examiner's
rejection thereof based on Ziegelman, Patena and Herndon, we
again agree with the examiner that it would have been obvious to
one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of appellant's
invention to make the holes provided in the pads (28) of
Ziegelman following the teachings of Patena oversized with
respect to the bolt which is to be disposed therethrough so as
to allow for minor errors in the placement of the bolts in the
foundation member, as is clearly taught and suggested in Herndon
(at col. 3, lines 19-26, and Figure 2 wherein the slots 18 are
provided to ensure proper placement of the support posts 24
relative to the anchor bolts 20 extending upwardly from the
foundation).
As for dependent claims 4 through 6, which were
rejected along with claim 1 on the basis of the combined
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