Appeal No. 97-4249 Application No. 08/249,400 claims remaining of record in the application, claim 10 having been canceled. The appellant's invention is directed to a thermal storage system for buildings. The subject matter before us on appeal is illustrated by reference to claim 1, which has been reproduced in an appendix to the Brief. THE REFERENCES The references relied upon by the examiner to support the final rejection are: Wasielewski 2,656,157 Oct. 20, 1953 Holowczenko et al. (Holowczenko) 4,757,690 Jul. 19, 1988 Foley 4,827,735 May 9, 1989 Mantegazza et al. (Mantegazza) 5,228,504 Jul. 20, 1993 O'Neal 5,372,011 Dec. 13, 1994 (Filed Aug. 30, 1993) Japanese Application (Oogushi et al. ) 2 53-11343 Feb. 1, 1978 THE REJECTIONS The following rejections stand under 35 U.S.C. § 103: 2Our understanding of this reference was obtained from a PTO translation, a copy of which is enclosed. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007