Appeal No. 1998-1965 Page 7
Application No. 08/357,325
Claim 18 reads as follows:
In combination an insert module and an office panel
of an office panelling system, said insert module
defining a light transmitting port through said office
panel, said insert module having a dominant component and
a secondary component, said secondary component
releasably engaging said dominant component and being
supported from said dominant component in a manner to
maintain alignment of said components, each component
having a rectangular outer frame finish portion for
defining the outer perimeter of said light transmitting
port, said dominant component further including a
fastening arrangement engaging a frame of said office
panel and supporting said module from the frame with said
dominant component on one side of said frame and said
secondary component on the opposite side of said frame.
Next, we analyze the prior art applied by the examiner in
the rejection of the claims on appeal.
Miller's invention relates to a glazing system, and has
particular application to the provision of glazing trim. The
glazing trim comprising two complementary extrusions (e.g.,
base glazing member 10 and locking glazing member 20) having
inter-engaging teeth (e.g., tooth 19 and teeth 23), enables
the extrusions to be connected together at different spacings,
enabling the glazing trim to accommodate sheets of different
thicknesses. The glazing trim can be constructed on site by
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