Appeal No. 97-2557 Page 3
Application No. 08/453,829
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to reinforced concrete.
An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claims 1 and 14, which appear in the appendix to the
appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Moens 4,224,377 Sep. 23, 1980
Kobayashi et al. 4,565,840 Jan. 21, 1986
(Kobayashi)
Destree et al. 4,883,713 Nov. 28, 1989
(Destree)
Claims 1 to 10 and 13 to 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Moens in view of Kobayashi.
Claims 11, 12, 24 and 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Moens in view of Kobayashi and
Destree.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by
the examiner and the appellants regarding the above-noted
rejections, we make reference to the Office action mailed July
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