Appeal No. 98-1458 Page 11
Application No. 08/499,211
module to form a substantially complete building. The
prefabricated building module comprises, inter alia, at least
one exterior wall and a plurality of panels, each of which
comprises a contoured plastic sheet having a generally flat
nailhem strip, at least one nail aperture in the nailhem
strip, and an elongate rib disposed on the nailhem strip
proximate the nail aperture and in predetermined registry
therewith. Claim 17 further recites that
said nailhem strip second side substantially free of
protrusions proximate said nail aperture for a distance
spaced from said elongated rib sufficient to accommodate
the nail driving article at said nail aperture.
The appellants argue (brief, p. 7) that claims 17 through
19 are patentable since Godes does not disclose a
prefabricated building module as recited in claim 17. We
agree. 3
Since all the limitations of claim 17 are not met by
Godes, the decision of the examiner to reject claim 17, and
3The examiner did not respond to this argument in the
answer.
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