Appeal No. 98-1460 Page 3
Application No. 08/615,820
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a built-up I-beam
with laminated flange. An understanding of the invention can
be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which appears
in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Keller et al. (Keller) 4,074,498 Feb. 21, 1978
Brightwell 4,715,162 Dec. 29, 1987
Onysko et al. (Onysko) 4,974,389 Dec. 4, 1990
Scarlett 5,323,584 June 28, 1994
Claims 1 through 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over any of Scarlett or Onysko or
Brightwell in view of Keller.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced
by the examiner and the appellant regarding the above-noted
rejection, we make reference to the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 11, mailed November 26, 1997) for the examiner's complete
reasoning in support of the rejection, and to the appellant's
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