Appeal No. 96-1633
Application 08/119,245
and 13-18, all the claims remaining in the application.2
Appellants’ invention pertains to a composite joint
sealing gasket (claims 1 and 3-11), and to a method of making
a composite joint sealing gasket (claims 13-18). Appellants’
composite gasket is said to be capable of establishing both a
“wet” seal and a “dry” seal between a panel and a supporting
frame by providing the gasket with both a flowable joint
sealing mastic composition and a flexible resilient sealing
member. Independent claims 1 and 13 are representative,
respectively, of the gasket and method claims on appeal, and
copies thereof can be found in the appendix to appellants’
brief.
The following references of record are relied upon by the
examiner in support of rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103:
Wohl et al. (Wohl) 3,388,517 Jun. 18, 1968
Zahn 3,456,408 Jul. 22, 1969
Bouchey 3,881,290 May 6, 1975
Claims 13 and 15-18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Wohl in view of Zahn.
2An amendment filed on June 9, 1995 subsequent to the
final rejection (Paper No. 13, duplicate unsigned copy
designated Paper No. 12) has been entered. See the advisory
letter mailed June 20, 1995 (Paper No. 14).
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