Appeal No. 2000-1655 Page 2
Application No. 08/836,892
The appellants' invention relates to a method of
installing a frost heave damage preventive structure in soil
having a seasonal freezing layer and a maximum freezing depth
(claims 33 to 35), a frost heave damage preventive structure
for protecting piles supporting a ground structure, located in
a cold region, from damage due to frost heave of soil and thaw
settlement (claims 36 to 40) and a method of installing the
frost heave damage preventive structure defined in claim 36
(claim 28). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in
the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Upson 3,090,204 May 21,
1963
Childers et al. 3,198,857 Aug. 3,
1965
(Childers)
Long 3,706,204 Dec.
19, 1972
Claims 28, 33, 34 and 36 to 40 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Long.
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