Appeal No. 1999-0604
Application 08/575,477
The reference applied in the final rejection is:
Simon 533,039 July 28, 1993
(European Application)
Claims 11 to 20 stand finally rejected as unpatentable
over Simon, under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a).
In the answer, the examiner indicates that Simon U.S.
Patent No. 5,531,410 is the English-language equivalent of the
Simon European Application, and appellant has not disagreed.
Accordingly, we will for convenience consider the rejection in
relation to the disclosure of the Simon '410 patent, and any
further references to "Simon" are to that patent. The five
excerpts from the Simon European Application translated by
appellant on pages 4 and 5 of the brief appear to correspond
to col. 1, lines 25 to 30, 36 to 51, and 61 to 65, and col. 2,
lines 33 to 44 and 49 to 53, of the Simon patent.
Claim 11 reads (emphasis added):
11. Cable tray comprising a treillis [sic: trellis]
including a plurality of longitudinal wires and a
plurality [of] U-shaped transverse wires fixed to
one another, the plurality of longitudinal wires
running longitudinally along substantially the
entire length of the tray, said plurality of
transverse U-shaped wires being disposed
transversely to the plurality of longitudinal wires
and spaced longitudinally from one another, said
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