Appeal No. 1999-1529 Page 3
Application No. 08/366,985
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a mining support and
a method of supporting rock in a mine. An understanding of
the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claims 1, 38 and 39, which appear 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:
Yokota et al. (Yokota) 3,899,892 Aug. 19,
1975
Scott 4,265,571 May 5,
1981
Harding et al. (Harding) 1,143,471 2 Feb. 14,
1963
(Germany)
Cranko et al. (Cranko) 0 126 534 Nov. 28,
1984
(European Patent Application)
Claim 39 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Scott.
2In determining the teachings of Harding, we will rely on
the translation provided by the PTO. A copy of the
translation is attached for the appellant's convenience.
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