Appeal No. 97-3007 Page 9
Application No. 08/161650
form a concrete structure. Cement is sprayed on the
inflatable bladder, which has a wire mesh disposed thereon,
and allowed to cure (Col. 5, lines 53-60). Hale does not
disclose, suggest or teach that the inflatable bladder can be
used as a mandrel to form glass fiber tubes as disclosed in
Medler. As such, we find no suggestion to combine the
teachings of Hale and Medler and therefore, we will not
sustain the examiner’s rejection of claim 16 under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as unpatentable over Medler in view of Hale.
We turn next to the examiner’s rejection of claim 16
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Medler in
view of Fondiller. Fondiller discloses a method in which
building material is sprayed on an inflatable form to
construct a building structure (Col. 7, lines 59-68).
Fondiller does not disclose, teach or suggest that the method
disclosed therein can be used to form glass fiber rods as are
formed in Medler. As such, we find no suggestion to combine
the teachings of Medler and Fondiller. Therefore, we will not
sustain this rejection.
We have reviewed the disclosures of Burkholz, Burton,
Allen’292, Walter, Porter, Plantier and Santosuosso and have
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