Ex parte KEENAN - Page 2




                 Appeal No. 1998-1716                                                                                     Page 2                        
                 Application No. 08/526,942                                                                                                             


                          The appellant's invention relates to a noise abatement                                                                        
                 wall (specification, p. 1).  A substantially correct copy of                                                                           
                 the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the                                                                            
                 appellant's brief.               1                                                                                                     


                          The prior art references of record relied upon by the                                                                         
                 examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:                                                                                         
                 Atterbury                                             828,833                                               Aug.                       
                 14, 1906                                                                                                                               
                 Wolfe                                        1,389,803                                             Sept. 6,                            
                 1921                                                                                                                                   
                 Ham                                          1,598,131                                             Aug. 31,                            
                 1926                                                                                                                                   
                 Stout                                        3,307,822                                             March 7,                            
                 1967                                                                                                                                   
                 Williams                                     3,584,088                                             June  8,                            
                 1971                                                                                                                                   
                 Vaughan                                      3,743,232                                             July  3,                            
                 1973                                                                                                                                   
                 Scholz et al.                                3,954,377                                             May   4,                            
                 1976                                                                                                                                   
                 (Scholz)                                                                                                                               
                 Myers et al.                                 5,202,132                                             Apr. 13,                            
                 1993                                                                                                                                   
                 (Myers)                                                                                                                                
                 Bryant                                       5,246,640                                             Sep. 21,                            
                 1993                                                                                                                                   




                          1A minor error in claim 26 is set forth on page 3 of the                                                                      
                 examiner's answer.                                                                                                                     







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