Appeal No. 96-3771
Application 08/127,005
the alternative embodiment of Figs. 12-15 (see column 5, lines
39
et seq.). The examiner, however, has relied on the embodiment
of Figs. 8-10 and in this embodiment the ventilator system,
including the (1) base member 56 and attached leg member 66
(collectively an air deflector), (2) ventilator member 58,
(3) filter 62, and (4) top panel 62, are clearly depicted in
Fig. 10 as separate members (as distinguished from the above-
noted arrangement in the embodiment of Figs. 12-15 wherein the
base member and attached leg member, ventilator member and top
panel are clearly depicted as being of one-piece
construction). Moreover, Waggoner expressly states that the
“ridge cap ventilator may be a single unit or an assembly of4
several pieces”(column 2, lines 11 and 12; emphasis outs;
footnote added). In our view, the arrangement depicted by
Waggoner in Fig. 10, in conjunction with the above-quoted
portion of column 2, teaches (or at least fairly suggests)
that the air deflector (i.e, base member 56 and attached leg
4Waggoner states that “the ridge cap ventilator 50
comprises support members 56, ventilating members 58, a cover
member 60 and a filter 62”(column 4, lines 51-53).
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