Ex parte SELLS - Page 2




          Appeal No. 96-3745                                                          
          Application 08/269,916                                                      


          Claims 2, 4 through 11, and 16 through 25, the only other                   
          claims                                                                      


          remaining in the application, stand withdrawn from                          
          consideration pursuant to 37 CFR 1.142(b).                                  

               Appellant’s invention pertains to a ventilating device                 
          for a roof.  An understanding of the invention can be derived               
          from a reading of exemplary claim 1, a copy of which appears                
          in “EXHIBIT A” appended to the main brief (Paper No. 6).                    

               As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the               
          documents listed below:                                                     

          Garries et al.                4,899,647                     Feb.            
          13, 1990                                                                    
          (Garries)                                                                   
          Sells                    5,092,225                     Mar. 03,             
          1992                                                                        

               The following rejections are before us for review.                     

               Claims 1, 3, and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,              
          second paragraph, as being indefinite.                                      

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