Appeal No. 98-0605
Application 08/383,191
been indicated as being allowable subject to the requirement
that they be rewritten to include all the subject matter of
the claims from which they depend. Claims 21-26, the only
other claims present in the application, stand withdrawn from
further consideration under the provisions of 37 CFR §
1.142(b) as being directed to
a nonelected invention.
The appellant's invention is directed to a method and
apparatus for renewing a roof system. Independent claims 1,
16 and 27 are further illustrative of the appealed subject
matter and copies thereof may be found in the appendix to the
appellant's brief.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Ohlsson 3,633,659 Jan. 11, 1972
Whitman 5,176,316 Jan. 5, 1993
Pigg 5,487,247 Jan. 30,
1996
(Filed June 11, 1994)
Claims 1-3, 5, 7-10, 16, 19, 20 and 27 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Whitman.
Claims 4, 6 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Whitman in view of Ohlsson.
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