Ex parte ROLAND - Page 2



                 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.                                                                                          
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