Appeal No. 1999-1523 Page 5
Application No. 08/839,065
We agree with the examiner than claim 1 is anticipated by
Rensch since the subject matter recited in claim 1 "reads on"
Rensch. We read claim 1 on Rensch's Figure 1 as follows: 3
A connector, comprising:
a first connecting interface adapted to be connected to
and across a cross-section of a first beam (the radial arms of
Rensch's junction elements 2A and 2C extending at the three
o'clock position, the web of Rensch's junction element 2A
extending from the three o'clock positioned arm to the five
o'clock positioned arm, the web of Rensch's junction element
3For convenience, we will make the following
designations: (1) the upper left junction element 2 is
designated junction element 2A; (2) the bottom left junction
element 2 is designated junction element 2B; (3) the bottom
center junction element 2 is designated junction element 2C;
(4) the rightmost girder running between junction element 2A
and junction element 2C is designated girder 3D; (5) the
leftmost girder running between junction element 2A and
junction element 2C is designated girder 3E; (6) the rightmost
girder running between junction element 2A and junction
element 2B is designated girder 3F; (7) the leftmost girder
running between junction element 2A and junction element 2B is
designated girder 3G; (8) the bottommost girder running
between junction element 2B and junction element 2C is
designated girder 3H; and (9) the topmost girder running
between junction element 2B and junction element 2C is
designated girder 3I.
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