Appeal No. 98-2117 Page 2
Application No. 08/370,170
28-34 and 54-61 stands allowed. Claim 40, the only other2
claim remaining in the application, has been indicated as being
allowable subject to the requirement that it be rewritten to
include all the subject matter of the claims from which it
depends.
We REVERSE.
The appellants' invention pertains to a window frame
comprising a plurality of frame members joined together at the
corners. Of special importance is the provision glazing legs
that slope inwardly at an acute angle and have substantially
flat, planar glazing surfaces separated by a pocket for
receiving a continuous bead of bedding compound. Independent
claim 35 is further illustrative of the appealed subject matter
and a copy thereof may be found in APPENDIX A of the brief.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
2Claims 35, 37, 39, 46, 47, 54 and 59 have been amended
subsequent to final rejection in an amendment filed October 3,
1996 (Paper No. 8) and claim 59 has been a second time
subsequent to final rejection in an amendment filed November
1, 1996 (Paper No. 10). Although the examiner has stated in
the advisory actions mailed on October 22, 1996 (Paper No. 9)
and November 11, 1996 (Paper No. 12) that these amendments
would be entered, we observe that no clerical entry thereof
has in fact been made.
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