Appeal No. 98-1458 Page 9
Application No. 08/499,211
required in 37 CFR § 1.192(c)(7) and (8)(iv). Accordingly, we
have determined that these claims must be treated as falling
with claim 1. See In re Nielson, 816 F.2d 1567, 1572, 2 USPQ2d
1525, 1528 (Fed. Cir. 1987). Thus, it follows that the
decision of the examiner to reject claims 2 through 5 under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) is also affirmed.
Claims 11, 12 and 14
Independent claim 11 recites a siding panel comprising,
inter alia, a contoured sheet of plastic material, a generally
flat nailhem strip, a plurality of elongated apertures in the
nailhem strip, and an elongated rib disposed on the nailhem
strip in predetermined registry with the apertures. Claim 11
further recites that
said elongated rib comprising a first rib wall extending
out of said nailhem plane on said outwardly facing
surface side of said nailhem strip, a joining rib wall
extending from said first rib wall to a second rib wall,
said second rib wall extending back to said nailhem plane
and terminating thereat.
The appellants argue (brief, pp. 6-7) that claims 11, 12
and 14 are patentable since the above-quoted limitation from
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