Appeal No. 2000-1469
Application 08/808,789
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 20 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Haraga in view of Mori.
Claims 22 and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Haraga in view of Mori and Trout.
Claims 24 through 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) as being unpatentable over Haraga in view of Mori and
the admitted prior art.
Claims 28 and 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Haraga in view of Mori and Molin.
Attention is directed to the appellants’ main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 16 and 18) and to the examiner’s final
rejection and answer (Paper No. 10 and 17) for the respective
positions of the appellants and the examiner with regard to
the merits of these rejections.
DISCUSSION
Haraga, the examiner’s primary reference, discloses a
panel designed to form the wall or door of an elevator. The
panel consists of a metal reinforcing plate 1 and a metal
surface plate 2 bonded together to form a hollow construction
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