Appeal No. 97-4253 Page 3
Application No. 08/385,981
The appellants' invention relates to an insert for use in
a corner piece of a synthetic siding of the type that is
applied to the exterior of a building. An understanding of
the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim
1, which appears in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
O'Hanlon 3,854,260 Dec. 17, 1974
Nishioka et al. (Nishioka) 4,542,164 Sep. 17, 1985
Fragale 5,090,174 Feb. 25, 1992
The rejections
Claims 1 through 4, 9 and 10 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Fragale in view of
O’Hanlon.
Claims 5 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Fragale in view of O’Hanlon as applied
to claims 1 through 4, 9 and 10 above, and further in view of
Nishioka.
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