Ex parte HAAS et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1998-2890                                                        
          Application No. 08/811,142                                                  


          constructing a transportable shelter facility, and to a method of           
          establishing an operational shelter facility.  A further                    
          understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of             
          exemplary claims 1, 5, and 7, respective copies of which can be             
          found in an UPDATED APPENDIX (Paper No. 28)2                                


               As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has relied upon the           
          following:                                                                  


               "Prior Art" drawing Figs. 1 and 2 in the present                       
          application.                                                                


               Claims 1 through 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)            
          as being unpatentable over appellants' "Prior Art" Figs. 1 and              
          2.3                                                                         

          2 The updated appendix reflects entry of appellants' amendment to           
          claim 5 as indicated in the examiner's action mailed March 14,              
          2000 (Paper No. 27).                                                        
          3 The examiner's final rejection of claim 7 under 35 U.S.C.                 
          § 112, second paragraph, was overcome by an amendment filed                 
          March 16, 1998 (Paper No. 18), entry having been indicated in the           
          examiner's action mailed July 1, 1998 (Paper No. 21).                       


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